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‘Where is the humanity?’ Migrant deaths soar at El Paso-Juárez border with few ways to document them
by Puente News Collaborative, El Paso MattersDecember 15, 2023 By Lauren Villagran / El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and…
Continue Reading40 men died in the Juarez detention center fire this year. 5 came from one Guatemala community
Lauren Villagran LA CEIBA, Guatemala — Marcos Abdon Tziquin Cuc chopped wood for his 71-year-old mother and left it neatly stacked by her cook fire…
Continue ReadingThe ‘resurrection’ of Diego Suy Guarchaj: ‘They are in the cemetery. I am alive.’
Aline Simerman El Paso Times LA CEIBA, Guatemala — News of the death of Diego Suy Guarchaj came suddenly, like the autumn rains in his small…
Continue Reading‘It’s heartbreaking’: Day after day, New Mexico investigator recovers migrant remains
Lauren Villagran El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Laura Mae Williams…
Continue Reading‘It is truly ugly’: Family decries deadly violence migrants face in Juárez on journey to US
Aline Simerman El Paso Times Editor’s note: This story contains reporting and images that some readers may find disturbing. Leer en español.…
Continue ReadingHuman smugglers using El Paso hotels to stash migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The human smuggler networks operating on this side of the border are using local hotels to stash hundreds of migrants after…
Continue ReadingMigrants break past human wall, vehicle barriers in Juárez to get to U.S. side of Rio Grande
by Puente News Collaborative, El Paso MattersOctober 4, 2023 By Blanca Carmona / La Verdad Ciudad Juárez – Hundreds of migrants spent the night…
Continue ReadingPandemic pushed some Americans into the Borderland human smuggling business
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More and more Americans are now smuggling migrants across the border, enticed by the money paid by Mexican drug cartels.…
Continue ReadingABC-7 embedded with migrants attempting to cross into U.S.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thousands of migrants arrive at the U.S. border with Mexico every day. ABC-7 embedded with a group of migrants on Monday…
Continue ReadingMore migrants dying in the desert around El Paso than ever before
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The number of migrants dying in the desert around this region is up almost double from last year, according to official…
Continue ReadingWatch: Mexican National Guard fires toward migrants in Juárez, video shows
By Blanca Carmona / La Verdad CIUDAD JUAREZ – Members of the Mexican National Guard fired at a group of migrants who were spending the night under…
Continue ReadingWith ‘the border on one side and the cartel on the other,’ migrants see little hope in Title 42’s end
By Corrie Boudreaux (El Paso Matters)– As Title 42 enters what is supposed to be its final week, migrants waiting in Juárez for an opportunity to…
Continue ReadingBorder Patrol plans return to jail time for illegal border crossing
By Puente News Collaborative via Lauren Villagran/El Paso Times SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — Border Patrol agent Orlando Marrero-Rubio spotted two men…
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