Ciudad Juárez

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Migrants stranded in Mexico rush to cross the US border before Title 42 ends

​​​​​​​The number of migrants waiting on the Mexican side of the border appears to be dwindling. Shelters in cities like Ciudad Juárez are emptying as many migrants have decided to surrender to US authorities before Title 42 ends on Thursday evening.

Students in maroon uniforms sit at desks and listen to a teacher, not pictured

Tough commute? Try crossing the US-Mexico border to go to school

Immigration
Migrants sitting and laying on mats are shown spread across a high school gymnasium floor.

How Ciudad Juarez is bracing for more migrants under US ‘remain in Mexico’ policy

Global Politics
'No More Weapons' sign

Juárez is tearing down a huge reminder of its bloody past

Culture
Lolita Bosch is behind the website Nuestra Aparente Rendición (NAR), which puts a face to the victims of cartel-related violence in Mexico. Bosch, from Spain, has lived in Mexico for the past 20 years.

Volunteers put a human face on Mexico’s drug violence

Conflict & Justice
Lolita Bosch is behind the website Nuestra Aparente Rendición (NAR), which puts a face to the victims of cartel-related violence in Mexico. Bosch, from Spain, has lived in Mexico for the past 20 years.

Volunteers put a human face on Mexico’s drug violence

Conflict & Justice

Author Lolita Bosch created a website, Nuestra Aparente Rendición, or “It seems we have surrendered,” to track the people killed in Mexico’s drug war. She wanted their memories to be more than a passing reference, and she wanted to get people talking about the violence and its aftermath.

Crime scene in Ciudad Juarez

A family’s murder in Juarez reignites fears of the city’s recent violent past

Conflict & Justice

A massacre in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez this weekend has raised concerns about the city’s future. The city’s falling crime rate had been held up as a model for all of Mexico — but this murder, the second mass killing since September, rekindles fears that were just starting to abate.

In the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, children visit the new Los Soles study center in the city’s outskirts.

The children of Mexico’s drug violence have a tiny haven in Cuidad Juárez

Conflict & Justice

Not long ago, violence related to Mexico’s drug cartels devastated Ciudad Juárez, a city on the Texas-Mexico border. Now, violence is down and residents are trying to help the children left behind by it.

Nightlife returns to Ciudad Juarez as drug violence is more contained

In Juarez, Mexico, the once-bustling nightlife had been dead for years as violence erupted in the city. But, in recent months, as police have setup checkpoints and drug violence has stabilized and perhaps even subsided, the nightlife is returning.

Mexico’s Misunderstood War

Global Politics

Juarez, Mexico, has become one of the world’s most violent cities. Though it’s adjacent to the United States, many are struggling to understand the violence.