On the street in Juarez this morning

2 Responses on “On the street in Juarez this morning”

1. Spencer MacCallum says:

   August 9, 2013 at 11:24 am

   I read a statistic recently on harm to visitors, Mexican or American, to Chihuahua. Guess what: ZERO. But what about the reports of cartel deaths of American citizens? It’s common practice along the border for Mexican women to cross into the US to give birth to a baby so that the baby will be an American citizen. She returns home, and her baby grows up as Mexican as you please. When later on he gets cross-wise with the cartels, the US papers report that a US citizen was killed, scaring everybody to death! In the last few weeks I passed through Juarez twice going to and from Guatemala and talked with the cabbies. They agreed with what Dave has just written. Emalie and I live four hours from Juarez by bus, in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. There never was any problem for visitors here and some stalwart souls are discovering that. Visitors are coming back — to historic Casas Grandes, the art-pottery village of Mata Ortiz, the archaeological ruins of Paquime, and more. If you’d like to learn more about this area from someone living here, feel entirely free to call us. It’s easy as can be. We’ve an El Paso phone line (915-261-0502) that rings here in Mexico. -Spencer MacCallum

2. debbie hensleigh says:

   August 9, 2013 at 9:16 pm

   I’ll go to Ciudad Juarez with you any time, CopperCanyonGuy!