Mexican City Fighting to Restore its Image

The Geo Quiz visits a Mexican city where business leaders are fighting to restore an image that’s been damaged by years of drug violence and crime.

Change Begins at Home for Mexico Police Chief

Julian Leyzaola, the new police chief in Ciudad Juárez vows to control crime in Mexico’s most violent city.

The holidays in Juárez

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The Mexican city of Juárez would seem to have little to celebrate this holiday season. Drug cartels there have been battling among themselves and with police. The results include 3,000 homicides in Juarez so far this year. And yet, at least one neighborhood in Juárez is going to celebrate Christmas. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports. (Photo: Lorne Matalon) Download MP3

Letter to Mexican drug cartels

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A journalist for the Mexican newspaper, el Diario, was shot and killed in his car last week. This is the second journalist from the Juarez paper to be murdered in two years and people at the paper want to know why. The editors have just published an open letter appealing directly to various drug cartels in the city of Juarez. The World’s William Troop reports.

Disappearances in Juárez

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There’s a new wave of disappearances in Juarez, largely unnoticed because of all the drug violence. The victims are all young women, police have no clue what happened to them. Mónica Ortiz Uribe reports. (Photo: Uribe) Download MP3

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Mexico’s drug war

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Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon has declared war on the drug cartels, and has deployed army troops in the fight. But critics say the military effort has only made things worse. Steven Dudley reports from Juarez.

Protecting themselves in Juarez

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In one of the most dangerous city in the world, there is safety in numbers. Residents in the Mexican border city of Juarez are increasingly forming neighborhood associations and blocking off streets in an effort shield themselves from ongoing drug violence. This strategy doesn’t always work and it can create problems for emergency responders. But as reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe discovered the trend is uniting neighborhoods. (Photo: Lorne Matalon) Download MP3

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Juan Gabriel’s music school

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When the Mexican border city of Juarez is in the news, it’s almost never for a good thing. One of the city’s biggest problems is a lack of social institutions that prevent young people from being recruited into organized crime. This was an issue one of Juarez’s most famous artists – Juan Gabriel – noticed 22 years ago when he founded a music school for boys. Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe visited the school. Download MP3 (Photo:Monica Ortiz Uribe)

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Dangerous Mexican city

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In the Geo Quiz we’re looking for a Mexican city that has made headlines recently as one of the world’s most violent: registering thousands of homicides in the last two years alone. Yet a high school student exchange program continues there as usual, despite the dangers, and the exchange students say they couldn’t be happier as Monica Ortiz Uribe reports. Download MP3

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Hopeless in Juarez

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Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe reports on Mexico’s most violent city – Juarez. Earlier this week 16 people were killed at a birthday celebration. Residents are running out of patience with police…and running out of hope that anything will change.

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Entire program – November 3, 2009

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Fearful Mexicans flee deadly city

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Juárez is Mexico’s deadliest city with 2,000 murders so far this year. Some residents are breaking the law to save their lives. They’re fleeing north to Texas on tourist visas and they intend to stay. Correspondent Monica Ortiz Uribe has the story.