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 ...
CIUDAD JUAREZ – The figures in pale camouflage uniforms are visible in key spots along this border, from the fence jutting high above the desert in Anapra to the muddy banks of the shallow Rio ...
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 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 ...
Ana sat with her two children on a curb just steps from the Paso del Norte Bridge in downtown Ciudad Juárez, considering her options and crushing debt. “Truthfully, I’d like to try again,” said Ana, hours ...
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