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The Chamizal dispute was an international land and boundary conflict over contested land (estimates range from 600 to 1,600 acres [240–650 ha; 2.4–6.5 km 2]) along the Mexico–United States border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. [1] The conflict was caused by multiple meandering, southward shifts in the Rio Grande ...
On 27 March 2023, a fire occurred at an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, near the border with the United States. The fire killed 40 people and left 27 others seriously injured. [1][2] According to Vice interviewees, prison officials demanded bribes from migrants to release them and avoid deportation. [3]
Ciudad Juárez. Ciudad Juárez (US: / sjuːˌdɑːd ˈhwɑːrɛz / syoo-DAHD HWAR-ez, Spanish: [sjuˈðað ˈxwaɾes] ⓘ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan: Tsé Táhú'ayá), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. [4] It was known until 1888 as El Paso del Norte ("The North Pass"). [5]
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 2 February 1848 fixed the international boundary between El Paso–Ciudad Juárez and the Gulf of Mexico.The Gadsden Purchase Treaty of 30 December 1853 extended the southern boundary of New Mexico and Arizona southwards to enable the United States to construct a railroad to the west coast along a southern route and to resolve a question arising from the 1848 ...
Charles Clyde Bowden (July 20, 1945 – August 30, 2014) was an American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. [1] He was best known for his work documenting violence on the Mexico-United States border, especially in and around Ciudad Juarez. [2]
1911. April–May: Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911); city taken by revolutionaries. [4] World's "first" aerial reconnaissance flown via airplane (El Paso-Ciudad Juarez), for Mexican government. [7] 1912 - Mexico North Western Railway (Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua) in operation. [8] 1913 - Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1913).
UTC-7 (Mountain Time Zone) • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (Mountain Time Zone) El Paso and Ciudad Juárez from the ISS, 2014. El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez–El Paso, the Borderplex or Paso del Norte, is a transborder agglomeration, on the border between Mexico and the United States. [4] The region is centered on two large cities: Ciudad ...
Bordertown. (2007 film) Bordertown is a 2007 American crime drama film written and directed by Gregory Nava, and starring Jennifer Lopez (who also served as a producer), Martin Sheen, Maya Zapata, Sônia Braga and Antonio Banderas. This is the second film which featured the collaboration between Nava and Lopez, following the 1997's biopic film ...