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    In general those who live in Ciudad Juarez know about the recurring murders over the past decade involving women. Despite of that there are still millions that are oblivious to this occurring or choose to ignore it. It also gets less talked about comparing to other issues occurring around the world. Those who choose to talk about the subject eventually give up because they saw no immediate results or any progress at all. As stated before some chose to ignore the issue because they felt it was the

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    compared to the Mexican side of the border. The border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez show an example of the US advantage over the Mexican side; El Paso is a Texas city on the Texas/Mexico border, and in 2014 it was the city with the lowest crime rate in the US ; Ciudad Juarez, on the other hand was known as one of the deadliest cities in Mexico . Along with the differences in crime rates, El Paso and Ciudad Juarez have many differences that make them clear examples of the advantage that Texas

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    • This documentary has three main objectives; the first of them explains what femicide is based on the crimes presented in Ciudad Juarez in order to give a complete overview of this issue, such as the impunity of the crimes and the high number of cases of women that had been assaulted. In addition to this, it was considered that more than 1.500 women had disappeared and more than 500 hundred were murdered in that city due to the assaults and acts of violence provoked by men. The second objective

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    The depth of such an Exodus is exemplified by Ciudad Juárez in the border state of Chihuahua, where about 230,000 Mexicans fled their homes between 2007 and 2010, approximately half migrated to the United States (Cantor, 3). A group represented in the exodus in Juárez is what Morales and his colleagues call the “Mexican Business Elites” who are Mexican nationals that migrated with U.S. business investor visas. Numerous businesses like in Cuidad Juárez are extorted for money by cartels, or their employees

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    Law Case Study

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    noticed that we did not need a lot of requirements than with Gil Manzano Jr. On 6/4/15 My Husband received a letter from immigration were it stated that he had to leave to Ciudad Juarez on 7/6/15. I immediately called Sandra I was told that we had nothing to worry about my husband did not have to leave the country to Ciudad Juarez. My husband received a work permit valid

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    Femicide

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    independent living or income possibilities. In a culture in which violence is the norm, beatings, rape, torture, mutilation, and even murder are frequently overlooked. This has been painfully evident in the cases of mass murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez. On January 1, 1994, the nations of the United States, Canada, and Mexico entered into a three-way partnership to supposedly lift trade barriers and improve production in all three countries. This is called the North American Free Trade Agreement

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    Killings In Juarez Essay

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    Killings in Juarez     The question that citizens of Mexico have been asking is why there so much killings in Juarez? In 2007 from 2011 more than 9,000 people were killed the main reason is for the territory of the border between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Juarez was once known as the deadliest cities in the world. In 2010 3,116 homicides were recorded about 3 murders per day. Also the withdrawal of federal agents, soldiers, and police officers were often accused of corruption.     The

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    Desert Blood

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    Since 1993, over 500 young, unfortunate, brown women have been found brutally abuse and murdered in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, across the border from El Paso, Texas, not including hundreds of others who have been missing and still have not been found. Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders (2005) by Alicia Gaspar de Alba, is a mystery novel about this 17-year crime-wave. When returns to her hometown El Paso to adopt a baby. She and her partner Brigit are ready to start a family and there are many young

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    Narrative Essay Mexico

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    My summer was completely over. I love my grandmother and everything, but she had just annihilated what I had been looking forward to the ENTIRE year. Every summer, I travel to Mexico to visit my father, Luis. We do something distinctive each year. Whether it’s going to the beach or driving a tractor, I always end up amused. This summer, my brother Edel, my father, and I were supposed to sleep in a cabin, which was in tremendous mountains, go hiking, swimming in breath-taking waterfalls and zip

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    If I had to give the word luck a meaning, I would start by stating that being born to my Mexican parents and being raised in the international border between Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and its sister city of El Paso, Texas where two cultures clash and become one, has made me an incredibly lucky person. Being able to move freely between both countries has given me the ability to observe and understand the environment from two different perspectives. In a time of globalization, and taking out of the

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