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82-549: Antonio de Otermín , the Spanish Governor, placed Fray Francisco de Ayeta as administrator of the refugee camp of those fleeing Popé's rebellion in 1680. The refugee camp and mission was placed approximately three miles south of the Rio Grande at the time. The Rio Grande was prone to both flooding and silt deposit. The settlement and associated mission moved several times over the next few hundred years. In 1691,

164-508: A bid to become the county seat, but the elections were ignored or inconclusive until 1878, after the Salt War period. In response, the people of Ysleta incorporated as a Texas city in 1880. There were internal disputes as to whether the tax burden was worth the status as a city. There was also much opposition from the growing community of El Paso as to whether an "Indian" city should be the county seat. The railroad did not come to Ysleta, and in

246-760: A combined population of over 3.4 million people. Four international points of entry connect Ciudad Juárez and El Paso: the Bridge of the Americas , the Ysleta–Zaragoza International Bridge , the Paso del Norte Bridge , and the Stanton Street Bridge . Combined, these bridges allowed 22,958,472 crossings in 2008, making Ciudad Juárez a major point of entry and transportation into the U.S. for all of central northern Mexico. The city has

328-601: A concealed palm pistol standing at the El Paso Chamber of Commerce building along the procession route. Burnham and Moore captured, disarmed, and arrested the assassin within only a few feet of Díaz and Taft. The city was Mexico's largest border town by 1910. As such, it held strategic importance during the Mexican Revolution . In May 1911, about 3,000 revolutionary fighters under the leadership of Francisco I. Madero laid siege to Ciudad Juárez, which

410-524: A fact and although the Otermín's army managed to defeat many Puebloans, the number of his soldiers killed was even greater. In fact, the Pueblo victory over the Otermín's government was such that, according to reports from the Pueblo captives, most of the people of the population of New Mexico had been killed by them. After the defeat of his army, Otermín and his council thought that if they wanted to survive of

492-473: A growing industrial center, which in large part is made up by more than 300 maquiladoras (assembly plants) located in and around the city. According to a 2007 New York Times article, Ciudad Juárez was "absorbing more new industrial real estate space than any other North American city". In 2008, fDi Magazine designated Ciudad Juárez "The City of the Future". As 17th-century Spanish explorers sought

574-560: A lot of air pollution. Along with rapid industrialization, small brick kilns have been a big contributor to the high amount of air pollution in Ciudad Juárez. While the Ciudad Juárez economy has largely been dependent on Maquiladora program, business leaders have undertaken initiatives to upskill and secure the city are larger stake in the global manufacturing economy. Technology Hub is a business incubator that works with regionally based companies, on programs in skill development, and

656-421: A more powerful trafficking network, such as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel, might have moved in and restored a kind of "order among thieves." Others attribute it to the end of the cartel war between Juárez and Sinaloa, the arrest or dismissal of many policemen with cartel ties, resolutions reached by liaisons between government and a group of local leaders called "La Mesa de Seguridad y Justicia", and

738-766: A new border adjustment occurred when the territory of La Mesilla was sold to the United States, with which the new border line after the Rio Grande began precisely in Paso del Norte, reinforcing its status as a border town. During the French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867), Benito Juárez 's republican forces stopped temporarily at El Paso del Norte before establishing his government-in-exile in Chihuahua. After 1882,

820-532: A route through the southern Rocky Mountains , the Franciscan Friar García de San Francisco founded Ciudad Juárez in 1659 as "El Paso del Norte" ("The North Pass"). The Misión de Guadalupe de los Mansos en el Paso del río del Norte became the first permanent Spanish development in the area in the 1660s. The Franciscan friars established a community that grew in importance as commerce between Santa Fe and Chihuahua passed through it. The wood for

902-427: A series of public works are inaugurated, including the city's sewage and drainage system, as well as potable water. A public library, schools, new public market (the old Mercado Cuauhtémoc) and parks dotted the city, making it one of many Porfirian showcases. Modern hotels and restaurants were built to cater the increased international railroad traffic from the 1880s onwards. However, national and foreign opposition to

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984-582: A strongly disputed election in which counted votes were nearly three times the number of voters, the county seat was moved to El Paso in 1883. The town government dissolved in 1895. A chemical fire in 1907 damaged the Ysleta Mission . In 1916, the Rio Grande was dammed and the area was heavily irrigated. The resulting rise in the water table brought salt to the surface and the land became suitable for only salt-tolerant crops such as cotton. In 1955, El Paso annexed Ysleta, although residents voted against

1066-517: A vigilante group calling itself Juárez Citizens Command threatened to put a stop to all the perpetrators of violence if the government continued to fail to curb the violence in the city. Government officials expressed concern that such vigilantism would contribute to further instability and violence. In 2008, General Moreno and the Third Infantry Company took over the fight against the cartels in town. They were removed in 2009, with

1148-522: A year), between November and March. On December 26/27, 2015, parts of the city received 40 cm (16 in) of snow within a 24-hour period beating the previous record of 28 cm (11 in) set in 1951. The record high is 49 °C (120 °F) and the record low is −23 °C (−9 °F). Ciudad Juárez has many affluent neighborhoods, such as Campestre , Campos Elíseos, and Misión de Los Lagos. Other neighborhoods, including Anapra , Chaveña , and Anáhuac, would be considered more marginal, while

1230-734: Is Cruz Pérez Cuéllar , who won as a MORENA candidate in 2021. Six national parties are represented on the council: the PRI, the National Action Party , Ecologist Green Party of Mexico , Party of the Democratic Revolution , Labor Party and the New Alliance Party . Violence towards women in the municipality increased dramatically between 1993 and the mid-2000s, with approximately 370 girls and women murdered and at least 400 women reported missing. Much of

1312-458: Is frequently among the top five states in Mexico with the most foreign investment. Many foreign retail, banking, and fast-food businesses have locations within Juárez. In the 1990s, traditional brick kilns made up a big part of the economic informal sector. These were typically located in the poorer regions of Juárez. The kilns used open-air fires, where certain materials that were burned generated

1394-458: Is giving young people career opportunities and giving people hope. Technology HUB is a startup incubator working to diversify the city's economy and move the regions low-skill manufacturing industry into an innovation cluster. Its economic development projects are in line with the research of University of Berkeley Professor Enrico Moretti. Innovation economies are found to be more adaptive to shifting tech and trade conditions and more resilient to

1476-779: Is honored by the modern Santa Fe Street Bridge , and Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso. Several bridges serve the El Paso–Ciudad Juárez area in addition to the Paso Del Norte Bridge also known as the Santa Fe Street Bridge, including the Bridge of the Americas , Stanton Street Bridge , and the Ysleta Bridge also known as the Zaragoza Bridge . There is also a land crossing at nearby Santa Teresa, New Mexico , and another one,

1558-475: The Apache attacked the other native towns and ranchos around the missions. Additional Presidios were established to counter them. One Presidio, San Elzeario, was established near El Porvenir in 1774, where it remained until being moved in 1788 to what is now San Elizario, Texas , where that settlement grew up around that Presidio. Another was Presidio de San Fernando de Carrizal , which was established in 1774 at

1640-512: The Chihuahuan Desert and high altitude, Ciudad Juárez has a cold desert climate ( Köppen : BWk ). Seasons are distinct, with hot summers, mild springs and autumns, and cold winters. Summer average high is 35 °C (95 °F) with lows of 21 °C (70 °F). Winter highs average 14 °C (57 °F) with lows of 0 °C (32 °F). Rainfall is scarce and greater in summer. Snowfalls occur occasionally (about four times

1722-579: The Fabens–Caseta International Bridge located 50 km southeast of Juárez. El Paso City Lines operated a streetcar system in Juárez from 1881 until 1974. Mexico North Western Railway 's subsidiary operation, the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad , extended into the US at El Paso, Texas but no longer operates passenger rail. According to the latest estimates, the literacy rate in

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1804-620: The Galisteo Basin , allies of the Spanish, sent to Otermín the news of a rebellion of the Pueblo Amerindian against the Spanish. According to the message were two men from Tesuque who planned the attack on the Spanish cities and Franciscan missions. Because of that, he ordered the arrest of the messengers of the people. When the news about the arrest of the messengers was spread among the Pueblo, Popé decided to execute

1886-595: The maquiladoras . As of 2014 more technological firms have moved to the city, such as the Delphi Corporation Technical Center, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, which employs over 2,000 engineers. Large slum housing communities called colonias have become extensive. Juárez has a long, notorious history of drug trafficking and the intense related violence. Mexico's first homegrown cartel, run by Ignacia Jasso ,

1968-417: The "City of the Future" for 2007–2008. The El Paso–Juárez area is a major manufacturing center. CommScope , Electrolux , Bosch , Foxconn , Flextronics , Lexmark , Delphi , Visteon , Johnson Controls , Toro , Lear , Boeing , Cardinal Health , Yazaki , Sumitomo , and Siemens are some of the foreign companies that have chosen Ciudad Juárez for business operations. The Mexican state of Chihuahua

2050-548: The "disloyal" commercial rivalry of the free zone was not long in coming and the Mexican government was forced to modify the status of the free zone in 1891. To this must be added the worldwide devaluation of silver and water scarcity , which generated a severe economic crisis in the city, causing a significant number of workers to flee to the United States. As a result of the collapse of commercial activities and population, Ciudad Juárez focused on tourism as an economic activity at

2132-519: The Camino Real on the north bank of the river, isolated from the rest of the towns, in Texas. Other settlements on the east bank of the Rio Grande were not part of a town at that time; as the U.S. Army set up its installations settlements grew around it. This would later become El Paso, Texas. From that time until around 1930, populations on both sides of the border moved freely across it. In 1853,

2214-642: The Gipuzkoa side is the house Otromin Haundi (‘Big Otromin’), which, by its size and name, was the ancestral home of the Otromin. However, two sources indicate that Otermín is the standard version and that it's from Guipúzcoan Basque oteme , in Spanish ‘ árgoma ’ ( ‘furze, broom’), the genera Ulex and Genista , spiny yellow-flowered evergreen leguminous shrubs. Otermín was appointed governor of New Mexico in 1678. On August 9, 1680, two Pueblo leaders of

2296-574: The Institute of Architecture, Design and Art ( Instituto de Arquitectura, Diseño y Arte , IADA), the Institute of Engineering and Technology ( Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología , IIT) and the University City ( Ciudad Universitaria , CU) located in the southern part of Ciudad Juárez. The IADA and IIT share the same location appearing to be a single institute where the students from both institutes share facilities as buildings or classrooms with

2378-530: The Isleta (although in reality the settlers of Santa Fe were alive and continued to resist the attacks of Puebloans), called for a general retreat. He and the Fray Cristóbal ordered to people of Isleta emigrate from New Mexico and on September 21 the Spanish settlers leave the capital city and headed to El Paso del Norte (current Ciudad Juárez ), in order to plan the reconquer New Mexico. Five days later

2460-526: The Pueblo Revolt, they had to go to Isleta Pueblo , where had established the others people who had survived the revolt. So, Otermín surrendered their arms to the settlers and, on August 21, they headed en masse at the Isleta Pueblo. After their arrival, they met another group of refugees who had arrived there a few weeks before them. More late, to three days of his arrived, Otermín obtained

2542-582: The Pueblo in some military campaigns and establishing a refuge for the surviving settlers and loyal native Pueblo in the vicinity of the modern Ciudad Juárez , current Mexico. It is not known when or where he was born. It is assumed that he was born roughly between 1620 and 1630 in the Otermín family home, which in this time was recorded as Otromin House. It is located on the foothills of the Massif de Aralar, natural border between Gipuzkoa and Navarre , Spain. On

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2624-598: The San Fernando settlement that became present-day Carrizal, Chihuahua . During the Mexican–American War , the Battle of El Bracito took place nearby on Christmas Day, 1846. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established the Rio Grande as the border between Mexico and the United States. The main channel of the Rio Grande had moved southwestward leaving the settlements of Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elzeario on

2706-886: The Tiguas were formed legally as the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo . The next year, the United States Congress also recognized the tribe. Residents are served by the Ysleta Independent School District . Ysleta High School serves Ysleta. The El Paso Public Library operates the Sergio Troncoso Branch in Ysleta. Antonio de Oterm%C3%ADn Antonio de Otermín was the Spanish Governor of

2788-405: The U.S. through Ciudad Juárez, contributing to the growing number of citizens. The average annual growth in population over a 10-year period [1990–2000] was 5.3%. According to the 2010 population census, the city had 1,321,004 inhabitants, while the municipality had 1,332,131 inhabitants. During the last decades the city has received migrants from Mexico's interior, some figures state that 32% of

2870-486: The accuracy of the 2021 figures. After the homicide rates escalated to the point of making Ciudad Juárez the most violent city in the world, violent crime began to decline in the early 2010s. In 2012, homicides were at their lowest rate since 2007 when drug violence flared between the Sinaloa and Juárez Cartel . That trend has continued in 2015 with 300 homicides reported, the lowest number since 2006. Explanations for

2952-550: The beginning of the 20th century, particularly promoting "diversions", thus beginning "the moment of scandal" In 1909, Díaz and William Howard Taft planned a summit in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, a historic first meeting between a Mexican and a U.S. president, and also the first time a U.S. president would cross the border into Mexico. But tensions rose on both sides of the border over the disputed Chamizal strip connecting Ciudad Juárez to El Paso, even though it would have been considered neutral territory with no flags present during

3034-516: The bus stops, by equipping them with shade. The ViveBus bus rapid transit (BRT) system opened to the public in November 2013 with the first route of five planned. The project was made a reality with the collaboration of the local municipal government, the private enterprise of Integradora de Transporte de Juárez (INTRA) as well as other city government agencies. Studies have shown that the current bus system averages 13 km/h (8 mph) while

3116-636: The change. Ysleta was allowed to keep its own school district ( Ysleta Independent School District , which extends from the lower Valley into parts of Northeast El Paso ), although that required an appeal to the Supreme Court. In the 1960s, Tom Diamond sued on the behalf of the Tiwa (known as the Tigua tribe in Spanish). The state of Texas was reluctant to recognize any Native American tribes, but in 1967

3198-458: The city center, building a series of arched porticos around the main square, as well as neo-colonial façades for main public buildings such as the city health clinic, the central fire station, and city hall. The cathedral, built in the 1950s, gave the city center the flavor of central Mexico, with its carved towers and elegant dome, but structural problems required its remodeling in the 1970s. The city's population reached some 400,000 by 1970. In 1984,

3280-456: The city could not withstand their attacks. Otermín then blocked the Casa Real (Royal House), cutting the water supply, so the women and children, after exhausting their supplies in a few days, began to die of thirst. Because to that Otermín could not stand it any more, on August 21, he arranged the execution of 47 prisoners that he had captured in the combats and arranged a general exit to break

3362-534: The city grew, in large part, because of the arrival of the Mexican Central Railway. Commerce thrived in the city as more banks began operating, telegraph and telephone services became available, and trams appeared. These commercial activities were under the firm control of the city's oligarchy, which consisted of the Ochoa, Samaniego, Daguerre, Provencio, and Cuarón families. In 1888, El Paso del Norte

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3444-409: The city had a radiation incident after a private medical company illegally purchased a radiation therapy unit. It was dismantled, sold to a junkyard and later smelted to produce six thousand tons of rebar (which is used to reinforce buildings), exposing thousands to radiation. Juárez has grown substantially in recent decades due to a large influx of people moving into the city in search of jobs with

3526-445: The city is in line with the national average: 97.3% of people above 15 years old are able to read and write. Juárez has about 20 institutions of higher learning Universidades en Juárez, Chihuahua: 20 : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura . The largest ones are among the following: 1. The Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez (ITCJ), founded in 1964, became the first public institution of higher education in

3608-552: The city's population originate outside the state of Chihuahua, mainly from the states of Durango (9.9%), Coahuila (6.3%), Veracruz (3.7%) and Zacatecas (3.5%), as well as from Mexico City (1.7%). However, a March 2009 article noted there has been a mass exodus of people who could afford to leave the city due to the ongoing violence from the Mexican Drug War. The article quoted a city planning department estimate of over 116,000 abandoned homes, which could roughly be

3690-410: The city. 2. The Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez ( Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez , UACJ), founded in 1968, is the largest university in the city. It has several locations inside of the city including the Institute of Biomedical Sciences ( Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas , ICB), the Institute of Social and Administrative Sciences ( Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Administrativas , ICSA),

3772-706: The creation of an anti-extortion squad to combat extortion inflicted upon local companies. Crime was significantly reduced from 2010 to 2014, with 3,500 homicides in 2010 and 430 in 2014. In 2015, there were only 311 homicides. The decrease in crime inspired more business in the city. Some citizens who left because of the violence have since returned with their families. Many of them had moved their businesses to El Paso. In addition, U.S. companies are investing more in Juárez. Community centers work with victims of crime and teach women how to defend themselves. Citizens have also formed neighborhood watch groups and patrol neighborhoods. "La Fundacion Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte"

3854-600: The dangers that had in El Paso del Norte. Thus, by October 9 the refugees already had arrived to two leagues downriver from the Guadalupe mission. On September 16 came a group Queres warriors from Cochití and Santo Domingo led by mestizo Alonso de Catiti, whose brother was with the defenders of the governor's house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He informed to the Spanish that the attackers of Santa Fe were 2,500 people and

3936-575: The degree of lieutenant governor. On September 13, the number of refugees from Santa Fe overtook those from Isleta. Now, the insurgent population was already very large for fight against the Puebloans. Still, on that day, Otermín, being barricaded in the Palace of the Governors and believing that in northern New Mexico already all settlers had been killed by the Puebloans and he did not feel safe in

4018-478: The elevated Carretera Federal 2. The city is served by Abraham González International Airport , with flights to several Mexican cities. It accommodates national and international air traffic for the city. Nearby El Paso International Airport handles flights to cities within the United States. The first bridge to cross the Rio Grande at El Paso del Norte was built in the time of New Spain , over 250 years ago, from wood hauled in from Santa Fe. Today, this bridge

4100-464: The equivalent of 400,000 people who have left the city due to the violence. A September 2010 article in The Guardian said of Ciudad Juárez: "About 10,670 businesses – 40% of the total – have shut down. A study by the city's university found that 116,000 houses have been abandoned and 230,000 people have left." The city is governed by a municipal president and an 18-seat council. The president

4182-508: The exception of the laboratories of Engineering and the laboratories of Architecture, Design and Arts. The UACJ also has spaces for Fine Arts and Sports.These latter services are considered among the best because they recluse nearly 30,000 participants in sports such as swimming, racquetball, basketball and gymnastics, and arts such as Classical Ballet , Drama , Modern Dance , Hawaiian and Polynesian Dances, Folk dance , Music and Flamenco . 3. The Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of

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4264-487: The fence of the city. They succeeded it and in February, Otermín and his army went to El Paso (in the present Texas), along to many of the inhabitants of Isleta, while the others settlers fled to south and interior of Parral, Chihuahua and west into Sonora . New Mexico was already in hard of Puebloans. In November 1681 Otermín attempted to return to New Mexico, burning both Isleta Pueblo (which had not taken part in

4346-574: The first bridge across the Rio Grande came from Santa Fe, New Mexico , in the late 18th century. The original population of Mansos , Suma , Jumano , and other natives from the south brought by the Spanish from Central New Spain grew around the mission. In 1680 during the Pueblo Revolt , most of the Piro Pueblo and some of the Tiwa people branch of the Pueblo became refugees. A Mission

4428-497: The general and 29 of his associates now in custody and awaiting trial for charges of murder and civil rights violations. In response to increasing violence in the city, the presence of the Mexican Armed Forces and Federal Police has almost doubled. By August 2009 there were more than 7500 soldiers augmented by an expanded and highly restaffed municipal police force. As of 2019 , Juárez's murder rate placed #2 of

4510-673: The highest level of international sales in 2020 were data processing machines and data processing units, not elsewhere specified or included elsewhere (US$ 22.8B), electrical wires and cables (US$ 3.89B), and instruments and appliances used in medical sciences (US$ 2.78B). International purchases of Juárez in 2020 were US$ 48.3B, 16.7 percent more than the previous year. The products with the highest level of international purchases in 2020 were Electronic Integrated Circuits (US$ 9.96B), Parts and Accessories of Machines (US$ 8B), and data processing machines and data processing units, not elsewhere specified or included elsewhere (US$ 4.51B). Due to its location in

4592-524: The highest reported in the world, at 104 murders per 100,000 inhabitants . An August 2008 GQ article described a dispirited and disorderly atmosphere that permeated the city, caused by multiple factors including drug violence, government corruption and poverty. As of February 2022, homicides in the city have reached a three-year low, with a total of 1412 homicides in the year 2021. However, Amnesty International estimates that as many as 95 percent of violent crimes go unreported, meaning there are questions to

4674-399: The job too dangerous. The main public transportation system in the city is the public bus system. The public buses run the main streets of Ciudad Juárez throughout the day, costing eight pesos (less than 40 cents) to ride one. Due to the aging current bus fleet being considered potentially outdated, the municipal government is working on replacing the buses with new ones, along with improving

4756-470: The kind of civil unrest that plagued Ciudad Juarez in the past. City officials have said that they have plans to increase tourism in the city. For example, in April 2015, the city created a new campaign to increase tourism called "Juarez is waiting for you". That same month, U.S. representative Beto O'Rourke visited Juárez to give a speech about how much Juárez has changed for the better. A children's museum

4838-585: The new country of Texas claimed the new channel of the Rio Grande as the boundary. In 1848, with the ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , Ysleta was ceded to the United States. The mission was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail trail from 1858 to 1861. The neighboring community and county seat of San Elizario was a center of Hispanic influence in an increasing Anglo-dominated post- Civil War period. In 1873, Ysleta made

4920-595: The new system is projected to average 26 km/h (16 mph). The BRT system studies conducted by the Instituto Municipal de Investigacion Y Planeacion project a daily ridership of 40,000. The first of the five routes opened to users in late 2013 and is officially named Presidencia-Tierra Nueva and has 34 stations distributed along the north to south corridor. The route starts at Avenida Francisco Villa, follows north to Eje Vial Norte-Sur then veers left at Zaragoza Blvd. and ends at Avenida Independencia and

5002-533: The northern New Spain province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México , today the U.S. states of New Mexico and Arizona , from 1678 to 1682. He was governor at the time of the Pueblo Revolt , during which the religious leader Popé led the Pueblo people in a military ouster of the Spanish colonists . Otermín had to cope with the revolt with help of the settlers and their descendants in New Mexico, fighting against

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5084-420: The original refugee mission was replaced by an adobe structure. A flood in 1740 washed away that mission. It was rebuilt on higher ground four years later. The Tigua (i.e. Tiwa people ) of Ysleta were among the most faithful Christian converts in the area and the Spanish were keen to keep the settlement healthy and vibrant. In the period between 1829 and 1831, the river moved much further south than usual. In 1836,

5166-400: The plan of vengeance immediately. In the Pueblo Revolt , Popé's forces besieged Santa Fe , surrounding the city and cutting off its water supply. Otermín assembled a council of war which decided to make a surprise attack on the Pueblo. On August 20, settlers and soldiers abandoned their fortified enclave and raided the Pueblo. However, the important number of weapons of the Pueblo was

5248-461: The population abandoned the city between 1914 and 1917. Tourism, gambling, and light manufacturing drove the city's recovery from the 1920s until the 1940s. A series of mayors in the 1940s–1960s, like Carlos Villareal and René Mascareñas Miranda, ushered in a period of high growth and development predicated on the PRONAF border industrialization development program. A beautification program spruced up

5330-470: The rapid decline in violence include the Sinaloa Cartel's success in defeating its rivals, as well as federal, state and local government efforts to combat crime and improve the city's quality of life. The cause of the reduction in crime is the subject of speculation. One theory attributes it to deals the rival gangs made to coexist once the federal police were withdrawn in 2011. Another holds that

5412-513: The remaining neighborhoods in Juárez represent the middle- to working-class, for example, Infonavit, Las Misiones, Valle de Juárez, Lindavista, Altavista, Guadalajara, Galeana, Flores Magón, Mariano Escobedo, Los Nogales, and Independencia. Between the 1960s and 1990s, Juárez saw a high level of population growth due in part to the newly established maquiladoras. The end of the Bracero Program also brought workers back from border cities in

5494-409: The revolt) and Sandía Pueblo . He returned to modern Isleta del Sur , near El Paso, with some prisoners, but little else. In Isleta Pueblo, the settlers were attacked by the Puebloans, but they were defeated. So Otermín held a ceremony in which he re-established the Spanish power in the region and spared the natives for their actions. Otermín also gave large amounts of corn of local inhabitants, as

5576-488: The revolution not only enabled the revolutionary forces to bring in weapons and supplies from El Paso, but marked the beginning of the end for the demoralized Diaz regime. During the subsequent years of the conflict, Pancho Villa and other revolutionaries struggled for the control of the town (and income from the Federal Customs House), destroying much of the city during battles in 1911 and 1913. Much of

5658-427: The settlers arrived to Salinetas, north of El Paso del Norte. Here lived up until the first week of October. At La Salineta was organized a meeting, so the number of persons accompanying to Otermín were (a least), 1,946. It was also decided to delay the re-conquest New Mexico, until the colonists do get the help of the viceroy and the advance of the group of people who were with Otermín at the Guadalupe mission, because of

5740-781: The settlers were directed to Isleta, where was the governor. Otermín traveled with his army to northern New Mexico, but there he found that the region of the Puebloans was empty. Perhaps for fear of planning a new attack, he decided to reconvene several councils of war. In August 1682, Otermín fell ill so he requested to be replaced in the government of New Mexico, being replaced by Domingo Jironza Pétriz de Cruzate . In this year, he, along with Fray Francisco de Ayeta founded La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur in Ysleta, Texas . Antonio Otermín married Ana María Ladrón de Guevara on 24 May 1692 in Asunción, Mexico, one of

5822-407: The summit. The Texas Rangers , 4,000 U.S. and Mexican troops, U.S. Secret Service agents, FBI agents and U.S. marshals were all called in to provide security. Frederick Russell Burnham , the celebrated scout, was put in charge of a 250 private security detail hired by John Hays Hammond . On October 16, the day of the summit, Burnham and Private C.R. Moore, a Texas Ranger, discovered a man holding

5904-539: The survivors of the Pueblo Indian Revolt. There are no data about his death. Ciudad Juarez Ciudad Juárez ( US : / s juː ˌ d ɑː d ˈ h w ɑːr ɛ z / syoo- DAHD HWAR -ez , Spanish: [sjuˈðað ˈxwaɾes] ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez ( Lipan : Tsé Táhú'ayá ), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua . It

5986-401: The transition into automation and industry 4.0. Juárez has four local newspapers: El Diario , El Mexicano , El PM and Hoy . El Diario de Juárez , is the founder of El Diario de El Paso . El Norte was a fifth, but it ceased operations on April 2, 2017, following the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach , the paper explained, the recent killings of several Mexican journalists made

6068-425: The violence in the city is due to warring drug cartels, primarily the Juárez, Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels. As of September 2022, the war has taken the lives of 717 individuals, including 87 women. In 2012, the Juárez police department dismissed approximately 800 officers in an effort to clean up corruption within its ranks. Recruitment goals set by the department called for the force to more than double. In 2009,

6150-425: The violence the film depicted was accurate through about 2010, and that the city had made progress in restoring peace. The El Paso Regional Economic Development Corporation indicated that Ciudad Juárez is the metropolis absorbing "more new industrial real estate space than any other North American city." The Financial Times Group through its publication The Foreign Direct Investment Magazine ranked Ciudad Juárez as

6232-484: Was claimed by them, although gave scarce amounts in the Isleta. After the victory of Otermín, he sent to Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and a company of Hispanic men and Pueblo allies to north, to the Tiwa and Keres lands of Albuquerque and Bernalillo . There Mendoza spoke with Pueblo leaders who told him that his people had the intention of attacking and killing the settlers to return to the region. Therefore, Mendoza ordered

6314-525: Was established for the Tigua in Ysleta del Sur . Piro Pueblo colonial era settlements along El Camino Real, south of the Guadalupe Mission, included Missions Real de San Lorenzo , Senecú del Sur , and Soccoro del Sur . Presidio del Nuestra Senora del Pilar del Paso del Rio Norte was established near the Mission in 1683. The population of the entire district was close to 5,000 in 1750 when

6396-420: Was garrisoned by 500 regular Federal troops under the command of General Juan José Navarro. Navarro's force was supported by 300 civilian auxiliaries and local police. After two days of heavy fighting most of the city had fallen to the insurrectionists and the surviving federal soldiers had withdrawn to their barracks. Navarro then formally surrendered to Madero. The capture of a key border town at an early stage of

6478-575: Was known until 1888 as El Paso del Norte ("The North Pass"). It is the seat of the Juárez Municipality with an estimated population of 2.5 million people. Juárez lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) river, south of El Paso, Texas , United States. Together with the surrounding areas, the cities form El Paso–Juárez , the second largest binational metropolitan area on the Mexico–U.S. border (after San Diego–Tijuana ), with

6560-408: Was opened in honor of the children who lost their parents during the violent years. Businesses that were closed because of the violence and extortion have reopened in recent years. The city's violence was depicted in the 2015 film Sicario , drawing criticism and calls for a boycott from Juárez mayor Enrique Serrano Escobar , who said the film presented a false and negative image of the city. He said

6642-479: Was renamed in honor of Benito Juárez. The city expanded significantly thanks to Porfirio Díaz 's free-trade policy, creating a new retail and service sector along the old Calle del Comercio (now Vicente Guerrero) and September 16 Avenue. A bullring opened in 1899. The Escobar brothers founded the city's first institution of higher education in 1906, the Escuela Particular de Agricultura. That same year,

6724-482: Was seated in the city, and for a time controlled much of the border drug trade. Today the Juárez Cartel controls the routes in Juárez. Related violence in the city is responsible for more than 1,000 unsolved murders of young women from 1993 to 2003. Juárez is known for being a leading export city. International sales of Juárez in 2020 were US$ 54.9B, 13.7 percent more than the previous year. The products with

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