Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is launching a tourism campaign to help overcome its reputation for drugs and violence. Pictured is a protestor in Ciudad Juarez with a sign asking the government for peace.
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Supreme Court To Decide If Mexican Nationals May Sue For Border Shooting
Relatives of Sergio HernA ndez sit in Ciudad Juarez at the U.S.-Mexico border, on the second anniversary of his killing in 2012. The cellphone video is vivid.
Hundreds of Mexicans protest with ‘human wall’ on US border
Hundreds of people in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have gathered on the edge of the Rio Grande river to form a “human wall” to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for a wall between the countries. The demonstrators held aloft on Friday colorful swatches of cloth and waved to the residents of the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas.
Giuliani Calls For ‘Detention Centers’ For Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Crimes
Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 18, 2016. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
‘El Chapo’ is hauled off to US jail that has held terrorists
In this photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. An armed officer stands guard as a vehicle carrying Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman arrives at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.
‘El Chapo’ appears in a U.S. court for the first time, pleads not guilty – Fri, 20 Jan 2017 PST
Accused drug lord Joaqumn “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S. court here for the first time Friday, pleading not guilty to the charges against him as prosecutors revealed in stunning detail how they intend to build and prove their case. Guzman, dressed in dark blue prison garb, said, “Yes, sir,” in Spanish as a judge asked questions about whether he understood the charges against him.
The Latest: Mexican drug lord El Chapo lands in New York
The Latest on the extradition of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States to face drug trafficking and other charges : Extradited Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has landed in New York to face federal drug trafficking and other charges. A U.S. law enforcement official confirms Guzman arrived Thursday night following a flight from the Mexican border town Ciudad Juarez .
Mexico has extradited Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaqu n ‘El…
The Mexican government said on Thursday evening that it had extradited Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaqun “El Chapo” Guzmn, long considered one of the most powerful cartel bosses in Mexico and in the world. Earlier on Thursday, the Mexican Supreme Court dismissed appeals filed by Guzmn’s lawyers in an attempt to halt the extradition.
5th man gets prison in drug-related Texas abduction-slaying
A fifth man has been sentenced to prison over a 2009 drug-related kidnapping and killing of a West Texas man who was later found shot with his hands chopped off in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old Francisco Javier Pulido was sentenced to 24 years in prison during a court hearing in El Paso Wednesday.
Congress looks to start building a Mexican border wall within months
Local residents walk alongside a high metal wall installed by U.S. workers to replace fencing along the border between Ciudad Juarez and Sunland Park, N.M.,on Sept. 12, 2016.