Feb 22, 2003
NPR's John Burnett reports on the killings of hundreds of women in Juárez, a Mexican City Haunted by Decade of Vicious Sex Crimes

Julia Monarrez and Socorro Tabuenca, professors at Mexico's College of the Northern Frontier, talk about the factors contributing to Juarez' violent culture.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the tens of thousands of poor Mexicans who are streaming north in search of work, with no intention of crossing into the United States. Instead, these migrants are heading for the many assembly plants in a number of Mexican border towns. In Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, more than a hundred people are arriving every day. While they can do better economically than back home, many of the migrants are living in cramped conditions, or in shacks. They're also encountering a vastly different culture, complete with mega-stores, internet cafes, and deadly drug traffickers. 

NPR's John Burnett reports from Ciudad Juarez that the discovery of a nearby clandestine grave has refocused attention on how the city has suffered because of the drug trade. One of Mexico's most powerful cartels has been based in Juarez; in recent years the city has endured an explosion of drug-related disappearances and killings. 

NPR's Philip Davis reports from Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican border town across from El Paso, Texas, where more than a hundred young women have been murdered over the last few years. The city attracts many young women from Mexican villages, who are eager to work in assembly plants, where they can earn their own money and have a measure of independence. 

Coverage of the Juarez murders by the El Paso Times 
June 23 & 24, 2002
 

Friday April 19, 2002  El Paso Times

More than 100 UTEP students and others protested the killings of women in Juárez silently Thursday on the lawn of the Union at the University of Texas at El Paso. Since 1993, 270 women have been recorded as murdered in Juárez, and more than 400 more have been reported missing, according to a leaflet being distributed by the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, a UTEP student organization. Organizers said in the leaflet that the murders have been mostly ignored by local and national governments on both sides of the border, and they urged people to act collectively in joining their international efforts to stop violence against women.