By Iván Gómez Cruz/La Verdad CIUDAD JUAREZ – Although Lara has not been able to cross the border for her job cleaning houses for 20 months, the 45-year-old woman said she never lost contact with ...
By Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times The United States has reopened the border to vaccinated Mexican tourists. Shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday (midnight in the Eastern time zone), El Paso’s three 24-hour international ports of entry ...
By Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times Kelly Maing, 46, has spent much of her life working in the Downtown El Paso clothing store started 33 years ago by her parents, who emigrated from South Korea. “See ...
By JC Navarette/ABC-7 For nearly two years, land borders between Mexico and the United States have been closed to all non-essential travel. Air borders between the countries, though, have fallen in a grey area — ...
By Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times At midnight on Monday, Nov. 8, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lifts the restrictions to “non-essential” traffic at the U.S.-Mexico border. That means that Mexican nationals with a valid border crossing card ...
By Veronica Martinez/La Verdad and Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times ENSENADA, Mexico — Kurt Turgasen took a swig from a cold Pacifico at a beachside bar lined with tourists speaking English, watching replays of NFL games. Pandemic ...
By Sara Sanchez/El Paso Inc. TRINIDAD, Colorado – When Shawn Tatum was first on his way to Trinidad five years ago, he realized he made a mistake. He meant to travel from Virginia to the ...
By Verónica Martínez / La Verdad A decision by Mexico’s National Supreme Court of Justice that declares the criminalization of abortion in Mexico unconstitutional opens a new window for Borderland women, who for decades have ...
By Victoria Rossi/El Paso Matters and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad This story is the final installment of a three-part series that explores the exchange of abortion services between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. The fight against ...
By Victoria Rossi/El Paso Matters and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad This story is the second installment of a three-part series that explores the exchange of abortion services between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. As a consequence ...
By Veronica Martinez/La Verdad and Victoria Rossi/El Paso Matters This three-part series explores the exchange of abortion services on the border. The proximity between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez allows opportunities to access reproductive health ...
By Dylan McKim/ABC-7 Businesses in all corners of the economy struggled during the pandemic as they struggled to keep their staffs employed and doors open. “It is definitely a year we would love to forget,” ...
By Verónica Martínez/La Verdad Last of a four-part series CIUDAD JUAREZ – Nicole hung a poster of her name in pink letters on the wall between two portraits her mother, Ruth, had drawn to decorate ...
By Blanca Carmona/La Verdad Third of a four-part series CIUDAD JUAREZ – For a few days, Lesby and her husband, Félix, believed they had already crossed the border, that at last, after a long journey ...
By Gabriela Minjares/La Verdad Second in a four-part series CIUDAD JUAREZ – María, after making a trip of about 3,000 kilometers to get to this border to cross over to the United States, found her ...
By Gabriela Minjares and Blanca Carmona / La Verdad First of a four-part series En español: Lea el informe de La Verdad sobre la violencia contra migrantes en México CIUDAD JUAREZ – A couple who ...
By Veronica Martinez/La Verdad CIUDAD JUÁREZ – Angelica Ruiz crossed the border for her vaccine appointment at the El Paso County Coliseum in February. The Juárez native remembers that it took her less than half ...
By David Crowder/El Paso Inc. Texas chambers of commerce and business leaders around the state, including some of the biggest companies in El Paso, are calling on Congress to establish a path to citizenship for ...
By Mauricio Casillas/ABC-7 CIUDAD JUÁREZ — All Isela can do is hope. She’s one of dozens of migrants who have found temporary refuge at the Buen Samaritano shelter in Juárez. She fled from her home ...
By Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad Heriberto Pérez Lara sat on the bed in his home in Juárez, meticulously lacing his brown dress shoes. His mother, Anayensi Lara Ruíz, smoothed an ironed white ...
By Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad Army Maj. Carlos Gutierrez popped into an El Paso airport gift shop on his way to catch a flight for his second trip to California since getting ...
By Maria Ramos Pacheco and René Kladzyk/El Paso Matters and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad Last of a three-part series Lea esta historia en español When Melinda and her family arrived at the shelter El Buen Samaritano in November, a simple task ...
Por Maria Ramos Pacheco y René Kladzyk/El Paso Matters y Veronica Martinez/La Verdad La última de una serie de tres partes Read this story in English Cuando llegaron Melinda y su familia al albergue El Buen Samaritano ...
By Veronica Martinez/La Verdad and Maria Ramos Pacheco and René Kladzyk/El Paso Matters Second of a three-part series Lea esta historia en español When Melinda and her family reached the border between Ciudad Juárez and El ...
Por Veronica Martinez/La Verdad y Maria Ramos Pacheco y René Kladzyk/El Paso Matters Segunda de una serie de tres notas Read this story in English A finales de octubre, 2020, cuando Melinda y su familia llegaron a ...
By René Kladzyk and Maria Ramos Pacheco/El Paso Matters and Veronica Martinez/La Verdad First of a three-part series Lea esta historia en español Running children and crying babies create a cacophony at El Buen Samaritano shelter, but in a far corner, Carmela ...
Por René Kladzyk y Maria Ramos Pacheco/El Paso Matters y Veronica Martinez/La Verdad Primera de una serie de tres notas Read this story in English En el albergue El Buen Samaritano, los niños que corretean y los bebés que lloran crean ...
By Marisol Chavez/Borderzine In Ciudad Juárez, being a U.S. citizen or resident may be a saving grace when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The delay in the pace of vaccination in Ciudad Juárez, and ...
Story by Lauren Villagran | Photos by Briana Sanchez, El Paso Times PECOS, Texas – Maria Baeza Valeriano opened her front door to the view of a closed-down hotel and an oil workers’ camp, where ...
By Karen Cano/La Verdad This story was originally published in Spanish by La Verdad. Due to her age and the initial letter of her last name, Sonia Campos was assigned the morning schedule to receive ...
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