War Zone on the Border with Mexico

«This now seems like the border between North and South Korea». Leopoldo Hernández, a neighbor of El Paso (Texas), of Mexican origin, like so many here, remembers the times when the separation between his city and his Mexican sister, Ciudad Juárez, was porous and both formed a cross-border community. He says it and he laughs, but it is not a joke. «Restricted area. This property of the Department of Defense has been declared a restricted area by…

Ciudad Juárez, Chih.- Chihuahua is one of the two states on the northern border that has a “significant” presence of members of both the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) and the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), criminal organizations that the U.S. government points to as the main traffickers of fentanyl. Except for Baja California, where they also record a high degree of activity of both groups, in other border entities there is important operation only of …