The latest border news from The Texas Tribune.
Depending on whom you ask, anywhere between 100,000 to half a million Juarenses have left Mexico since drug violence exploded in 2008. In a tragic irony, neighboring El Paso is flourishing economically as Juárez descends further into terror. Full Story
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As the savage drug war rages on in Juárez, both the fun and the business have fled, bringing to El Paso, its sleepy sister city, a vibrant new culture and an economic boost. In a tragic irony, a measure of El Paso’s recent fortune results directly from the suffering of Juárez. But experts warn that El Paso leaders rely on Juárez’s decline at their own risk. Ultimately, as Juárez goes, so goes El Paso, they say. Full Story
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will visit Texas’ border with Mexico on Thursday when she meets with customs officials and local law enforcement in Laredo. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry chats with the FOX Business Network's Neil Cavuto about his latest poll numbers, the moratorium on deep water drilling and the cancellation of a Border Governors' Conference that was going to take place in Arizona, until Mexican governors boycotted the meeting. Full Story
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Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, on how he keeps his sanity, when the narco-wars will end and Mexican President Felipe Calderón's Pandora's box. Full Story
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Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez. Full Story
Ciudad Juárez's mayoral election has Texas' economic leaders intrigued as the border city plans to bid its current mayor farewell in October. For residents in the city plagued by cartel violence, little change is expected, and many brace for continued bloodshed. Full Story
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How will a shift in Mexican political power impact border violence or U.S./Mexico relations? Full Story
Historian David Romo calls both El Paso and Juárez home. The day after a gunfight in Juárez sent a bullet across the border — into the wall of El Paso City Hall no less — he describes how violence has changed local business in both cities, and his own life. Full Story
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For those who grouse that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from U.S. citizens and legal residents, the United Farm Workers of America has a challenge: Apply to be a farm worker. Full Story
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The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce today it has approved the deployment of a second unmanned aerial drone to patrol the Texas-Mexico border. Full Story
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