Paulina Reza boarded a flight from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso in spring 2020. She flew from Ciudad Juárez to Mexico City, to Los Angeles, to Houston, and finally to El Paso, all so that ...
Along the border, residents and businesses are counting the days until the pandemic-related travel restrictions are lifted, allowing all fully vaccinated visitors to cross into the United States on Nov. 8. “We’re all excited that ...
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 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,” ...
TORNILLO — In the first Texas-based binational effort to vaccinate Mexican workers from U.S.-owned companies, more than 1,400 Juárez factory workers were vaccinated against coronavirus with unused Texas vaccines Tuesday. The launch of a cross-border ...
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 ...
The University of Texas at El Paso has reached an agreement with Customs and Border Protection to allow parents of spring and summer graduates to cross the Juarez border so they can attend in-person commencement ...
By JC Navarrete/KVIA-ABC 7 The area once referred to as the “Golden Horseshoe” district in downtown El Paso is now marred by uncertainty brought on by policies meant to slow the spread of the pandemic. ...
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