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El Paso and Ciudad Juárez from the ISS, 2014. El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez–El Paso, the Borderplex or Paso del Norte, is a transborder agglomeration, on the border between Mexico and the United States. [4]
Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, was the first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.
Juárez has four local newspapers: El Diario, El Mexicano, El PM and Hoy. El Diario de Juárez , [ 79 ] is the founder of El Diario de El Paso . El Norte was a fifth, but it ceased operations on April 2, 2017, following the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach , [ 80 ] the paper explained, the recent killings of several Mexican journalists ...
Thanksgiving day 1917 news: Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his men had robbed a Mexican central Line train of $70,000, some merchandise and some horses.
Villagran and photojournalists Omar Ornelas and Gaby Velasquez took extra care reporting through one of El Paso’s hottest summers on record as they followed first responders into the desert in ...
A museum, which details the history of the U.S.–Mexico border, is located inside the visitor center. The park honors the peaceful resolution of the Chamizal dispute , a more than 100-year border dispute between the United States and Mexico that resulted from the natural change of course of the Rio Grande between the cities of El Paso and ...
El Pasoans were thrown from their beds, dishes rattled and light fixtures swayed when El Paso experienced three earthquakes between 4:40 and 6:35 a.m. Aug. 16, 1931. The Times reported the ...
1888 - El Paso del Norte renamed "Juárez" in honor of Benito Juárez. [1] leaving El Paso, Texas the sole El Paso. 1889 – McGinty Club active. [9] 1890 – Population: 10,338. 1892 – Santa Fe Street bridge built. [6] 1895 – El Paso Public Library founded. [10] 1898 - Zion Lutheran Church is established. It is the first Lutheran Church in ...