Eye Openers + El Paso Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 12, 2009

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes on Wednesday announced his plans to seek an eighth term in the 16th Congressional District of Texas.

October 17, 2009

Children sang, soldiers paraded and crowds cheered during the historic pageantry of the first meeting of the presidents of the United States and Mexico 100 years ago today in El Paso and Juárez. – The meeting between U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mexican President Porfirio Diaz will be commemorated by events and an exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History that opens Saturday to the public.

September 29, 2009

Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex

September 4, 2009

Mexico’s ‘Murder Capital’ Lives Up To Reputation – During a 48-hour stretch this week, 37 people were killed – Cuidad Juarez

June 3, 2009

The new federal passport law turned out to be a breeze Monday for those crossing back into El Paso from Juárez.

May 29, 2009

U.S. border czar Alan Bersin visits Border Patrol Museum as agency celebrates 85 years

March 18, 2009

Casi el 20 por ciento de todos los estudiantes inscritos en escuelas de El Paso se encuentra en proceso de aprender inglés, de acuerdo a los informes del Departamento de Educación de EU.

December 28, 2008

The effects of the U.S. recession – Juarenses still come north to shop, but spend less

December 23, 2008

Cuidad Juárez slayings persist with 20 over weekend, 3 Monday

December 15, 2008

Nearly 50 people wounded in Cuidad Juárez in 2008 received medical care at El Paso’s Thomason Hospital and racked up medical bills totaling about $1.4 million

December 6, 2008

Hispanics in TV News: El Paso Lacking Hispanic Presence on its TV Newscasts

November 3, 2008

Immigrants and drug smugglers have been playing cat and mouse with the US border patrol in El Paso for more than a century, but recently the game has become much more dangerous

September 23, 2008

Nearly 5% of the 727,070 El Pasoans last year said buenas noches when they went to sleep and buenos días when they woke up, according to new information released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

September 11, 2008

The top female police officer in El Paso is suing the city, claiming she was unfairly passed up in the recent search for a new chief. Police Chief of Staff Diana Kirk claims in the 18-page suit filed last week in El Paso County court that she was passed over for promotion to chief in part because she is a Hispanic woman.

August 20, 2008

Don Flores, who has been an executive and the top editor at the El Paso Times, has resigned. Flores’ departure ended a 15-year turn as top newsman at the paper, the largest and arguably most influential news outlet in the community.

August 6, 2008

The recent shooting death of an 11-year-old El Paso boy during a vacation trip in Mexico has renewed questions about whether it’s safe to travel south of the border.

June 11, 2008

El Paso to ask feds for help treating wounded Mexican cops