ciudad juarez
‘They Only Listen to Us When We Die’: Migrants Killed in Fire Were Locked in Jail Cell
The blaze in a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez killed 40 people and injured dozens more.
4 People Were Murdered in a Gangland Hit at a Denny’s in Mexico
The hit, which took place in broad daylight, is a grim echo of Ciudad Juarez's worst days of gangland violence.
Thousands of Migrants in Mexico Are Waiting on Biden’s New Immigration Policy
VICE News spent time with migrants in Ciudad Juarez who are hoping the new president breaks with Trump’s strategy.
The Chicano Artists Transcending the US-Mexico Border
With a foot in each world, the people of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez have developed a shared culture, which stretches beyond nationality and documentation.
Facing Death at a Morgue on the US-Mexico Border
Motherboard's Brian Anderson recalls the sights and scents from his first trip to the municipal morgue in Ciudad Juárez.
Raised in Hell: The Children Haunted by Juárez's Vicious Drug War
Ciudad Juárez ranked as the world's most violent city from 2008-2010. Many children are suffering from PTSD today after witnessing the murders of family members, friends, and strangers, during the horror.
El Chapo's Extradition to the US Has Been Approved
Chapo is now very close to a trial in Texas or California, but the world's most famous drug lord can still appeal the extradition order.
Mexico's Efforts to Tackle Police Corruption Keep Failing
A government police reform proposed in the wake of police involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 seeks to eliminate municipal forces, but the problem of extreme corruption goes much deeper.
Photos of Everything but the Pope at a Papal Mass Near the Mexican Border
On February 17, as the Pope visited the border region of El Paso-Ciudad Juárez before returning to Rome, I shot a papal mass. My goal was to concentrate on the feeling of the day and not on the man who came into town.
Within Sight of the US Border, Pope Francis Denounces the ‘Human Tragedy’ of Migration
The Pope’s passionate appeal on behalf of migrants rounded off his six-day visit to Mexico and highlighted the plight of Central American migrants fleeing extreme violence and poverty.
The Pope Blames Business for Crime in Mexico — And Asks Prisoners to Forgive Society
Speaking in Ciudad Juárez, once the epicenter of Mexico's drug wars, the Pope condemned "today's slave drivers" for creating the conditions generating violence. Hours before he asked inmates to forgive society for pushing them into crime.
Pope Francis Tells Mexican Priests Not to Resign Themselves to the Drug Wars
The Pope was speaking in the beleaguered state of Michoacán where a military-led offensive nearly a decade ago kicked off Mexico’s bloody drug wars. At least 28 priests have been killed since then.