Juarez

Juarez, Mexico

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US Renews MX Travel Alert Today: What about that?, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico travel blog

US Renews MX Travel Alert Today: What about that?

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... brightening faces of a Mexican news crew greeted Paul and me as we stepped off the International Bridge onto Avenida Juarez this morning. Microphones pointed at us, the reporter quizzed: "Your ambassador, Tony Garza, thinks it is dangerous in ...

Maquila Visit: Behind the Chainlink Fence, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico travel blog

Maquila Visit: Behind the Chainlink Fence

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... It took careful, persistent questioning to uncover that the average laborer there earned just $6/day. [A galllon of milk costs $4 in Juarez, so the cost-of-living is comparable to U.S.] People can work overtime for more money, but no one is allowed ...

Mexican labor rights, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico travel blog

Mexican labor rights

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... for many assembly plants--or maquilas--to locate here where people will work a 12 hour day for $6. So now 80% of Juarez's population was born somewhere else...migrated here looking for a job. "Employers can take advantage of that," said labor ...

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It's a war zone here!!!

A travel blog entry by billiegreenwood

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... 1, 2006 more than 3,800 Mexican murders relate to drug violence, says today's El Paso Times--and over 160 in Juarez since Jan. 1. Even in tiny Palomas, Mexico--dirt-road small town 90 miles west--40 murders this year caused all the police force to quit ...

Forum Discussions on Juarez

Juarez Forum (9)

Top Ten Most Dangerous Cities

Posted by aopaq

... .com: 10. London, U.K. 9. Saskatoon, Canada 8. Norilsk, Russia (in Siberia) 7. Johannesburg, South Africa 6. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5. Detroit, U.S.A. 4. Caracas, Venezuela 3. Linfen, China 2. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 1. Mogadishu, Somalia

driving through mexico alone????

Posted by ciakidd

Posted on Mar 7, 2013, 18:11:59

... 'll be fine. The violence is generally compressed into specific areas so you just read up on where to avoid, for example, Cuidad Juarez border cross/Chihuahua. If you want to talk, hit me up. Cheers Trae hey, trae, i am as well headed to mexico ...

driving through mexico alone????

Posted by nreid004

... , Did you make the trip? My girlfriend and I are taking off from Nicaragua and heading through Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. Going to follow the Mex200 all the way, unless we hear otherwise. How did your drive go and what route did you ...

driving through mexico alone????

Posted by traermc

... some street smarts and do your research, you'll be fine. The violence is generally compressed into specific areas so you just read up on where to avoid, for example, Cuidad Juarez border cross/Chihuahua. If you want to talk, hit me up. Cheers Trae

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