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Mexico's Juarez To Transform Migrant Shelter Into Youth Center Amid Decline In Asylum Seekers

The migrant shelter, originally converted in 2019, has accommodated over 30,000 people. However, Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar confirmed that the shelter will be repurposed to be used by the whole community, and not just migrants.

Latin Times

Between the Concertina Wire and the Cartel

As a border physician, I see firsthand the violence of Operation Lone Star, which has made America a key partner in a dangerous triad targeting refugees.

Texas Observer

Suspending Asylum

More migrants are being stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border under Biden's executive order.

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Immigrants in Ciudad Juárez Struggle for Survival

Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. are steering clear of government facilities—and facing a dangerous journey on their own.

Texas Observer

‘She gave me hope’: puppet Little Amal publicizes migrant plight on US-Mexico border

Puppet depicting migrant Syrian girl has walked halfway around to the world, now at border comforting refugees and asylum seekers

The Guardian - US

Cartel drug lord died after getting plastic surgery to make himself unrecognisable

Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was nicknamed the “lord of the skies”, was Mexico's most powerful drug lord for 10 years as boss of the Juarez cartel but he died after facial surgery to alter his appearance

Daily Mirror

Uber passenger shot and killed driver because ‘she feared he was kidnapping her to Mexico’

Phoebe Copas allegedly ‘panicked’ and shot Daniel Piedra Garcia several times in the head after she saw a sign reading ‘Juarez, Mexico’

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US woman who shot and killed Uber driver claims she thought she was being kidnapped

Kentucky woman allegedly saw sign for Mexican city of Juárez and shot Daniel Piedra multiple times in the back of the head

The Guardian - US

Woman who 'shot Uber driver she mistook as kidnapper' charged with murder

Authorities say Phoebe Copas from Kentucky was taking an Uber when she saw a road sign in El Paso, Texas, reading 'Juarez, Mexico', a notorious cartel hotspot just across the border. Fearing her driver was kidnapping her she pulled out a gun and shot him in the head

Daily Mirror

Migrants are frustrated with the border app, even after its latest overhaul

Immigration authorities touted a major update meant to improve CBP One, an app that's now the main authorized portal to seek asylum at the border. But migrants in Juárez say it's still not working.

WEKU

Migrants waiting to cross the border say government’s app for asylum-seekers is a mess

Hundreds of migrants have waited on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande for days to be apprehended. Others say they want to follow the rules to enter legally — if they could just get the government phone app to work.

The Texas Tribune

As U.S. prepares to end rapid expulsions of migrants, a Venezuelan family decides to risk crossing the border

A Venezuelan couple with two children waited in Mexico for weeks for a chance to claim asylum. They decided to cross the border after a relative died in a detention center fire and other family members successfully made it across.

The Texas Tribune

Fatal fire complicates border city's tensions with migrants

Tensions have simmered between migrants and residents in Mexican border cities for years, with camps set up near crossings by those who can’t afford housing or who cling to hopes the U.S. will suddenly admit them

The Independent UK

The Ciudad Juárez detention fire shows inhumane conditions for migrants, advocates say

Migrants say they are facing increased harassment and unabashed cruelty by local, state and federal authorities as permanent residents' general attitudes toward immigrants shift.

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Nearly 40 Migrants Died in a Juarez Detention Center Fire. U.S. Border Policy Is Partially To Blame.

America's approach to the border helps contribute to the overcrowding and violence migrants face in Mexico.

Los Angeles Times

At least 40 migrants killed in a fire at a detention center in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 40 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Migrants fearing deportation set fire that killed at least 39, Mexico’s president says

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 39 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

US Customs and Border Protection closes bridge to Juárez after rumor causes migrant rush

Hundreds of migrants tried to race across the Paso del Norte bridge to El Paso after false internet post said the border was open

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Cat branded with Mexican drug gang tattoo on its skin is found in prison

The cat was one of nine other pets recovered from a state prison in Juarez, where the infamous Mexicles gang had packed their cells with plasma TV sets, drugs, liquor, cash, and even a mechanical bull

Chicago Sun-Times

Former student, 16, accused in Juarez High School December shooting that killed 2 had been expelled, prosecutors say

They said Christian Acevedo was expelled earlier in the school year and had questioned one of the victims about gang affiliation before the shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tragedy looms over Juarez, tax refunds for Cook County homeowners and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

In Pilsen, mass shooting looms over Juarez, once considered ‘sacred ground’ for community

Weeks after a shooter opened fire outside of Benito Juarez Community Academy, leaders in the school and the community worry the mass shooting will overshadow strides made throughout school’s storied history.

The Independent UK

In troubled Mexico prison, inmates ruled their cell blocks

The violent prison break that killed 17 people _ mostly guards _ and resulted in the escape of 30 inmates has revealed a shocking level of self-rule by prisoners inside the troubled prison in the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez

Reuters

Death toll rises to 19 from prison attack in Mexican border town

An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday.

The Independent UK

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

Mexican authorities have raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17

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