The Historical Review Board here at El Chuqueño World Headquarters has been trying hard to verify the claim that Frank Sinatra played Juarez. And so far, no luck. Bob Chessey has investigated…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Herald Post – Mexican Military Receives State Department Approval for Purchase of $1B in Helicopters
WASHINGTON, November 9, 2026: On Friday, the U.S. State Department approved the purchase of $1.075 billion in Black Hawk helicopters by the Mexican military. Sikorsky is the American contractor for […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Opium Connection”
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El Chuqueño Blog – Dreamspace
by Santiago Cotera There’s a cool feeling I get in my dreams occasionally. It doesn’t have anything to do with other people or with unresolved fantasies. It is entirely evoked by the…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup + Poetry Supplement: November 6
The border turns blue; now it’s time for a new vision for the borderlands. What the election means for humanitarian work, and a post-election dispatch from New Mexico. Read more: Read More
El Paso Herald Post – Katy Padilla Stout Completes the Texas Blue Wave
SAN ANTONIO, Tx., November 6, 2026: Katy Padilla Stout, the first Democrat to hold the far-east El Paso congressional seat in over a decade defeated Republican Brandon Herrera for the […] The…
The Border Chronicle – The Blue Wave Hits the Border Wall: An Election Dispatch from the Borderlands
An on-the-ground post-election report from the Columbus, New Mexico borderlands. Read more: Read More
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEE SALARIES, NOVEMBER 2026
[[{“value”:” We publish employee names, job titles, and salaries of our local taxing entities on a regular basis and one can review them in the documents section of our webpage. Here is…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY TO “RELEASE” 2,295 ACRES OF EXTRATERRITORIAL LAND TO HORIZON CITY
[[{“value”:” According to item 25 on the City Council agenda for November 10: “The Town of Horizon City has requested the release of approximately 2,295.625 acres of land from the City of…