[[{“value”:” Tracey Jerome was one of several medium-level employees who climbed to the upper echelon of the City administration during the reign of City Manager Gonzalez, who rewarded his subordinates for their…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – Profitable Violence: A New Era of the Border Industrial Complex
Subscribe now The Border Security Expo in April 2025 in Phoenix. (Photo credit: Todd Miller) Share Last year was a bonanza for private companies doing business with Customs and Border Protection or…
El Paso Herald Post – Can You Hear Me Now? Everything You Need to Know About the Verizon Outage
NEW YORK, January 15, 2026: If you experienced cell service outages yesterday you weren’t alone as thousands of Verizon customers were without telephone for hours on Wednesday. Many were also […] The…
El Paso Herald Post – Court Document Alleges El Paso Judge’s Escalating Cruelty Towards Migrant Children
EL PASO, Tx., January 14, 2026: A court document filed on December 17 alleges that El Paso Judge Marlene Gonzalez has a “pattern and practice of cruelty towards” migrant children […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – An “Unprecedented” Event
This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a water outage of “unprecedented proportions” in Northeast…
The Border Chronicle – The Nature of Violence
View of the exhibition Legado de Fieras (Legacy of Beasts) by artist Miriam Salado, on view at the Museo de la Ciudad in Querétaro, Mexico through Feb. 1. Image: Paulina Zamora This…
El Paso Herald Post – Amid Military Threats by the Trump Administration, México’s President Asserts Sovereignty in Telephone Call with Donald Trump Yesterday
MEXICO CITY, January 13, 2026: In a fifteen-minute telephone call yesterday morning between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum with Donald Trump, Sheinbaum reasserted México’s sovereignty. Sheinbaum said after the telephone call […] The…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Primary Elections
I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every contest on the ballot. The tabulizer tried…
The Border Chronicle – A discussion with former agent Jenn Budd on Border Patrol and ICE impunity
Share I’ve been speaking with Jenn Budd for years about Border Patrol crimes, impunity and how the agency could be (and should be reformed.) But both Democrats and Republicans have refused to…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – THE CITY’S BOGUS RECYCLING PROGRAM
[[{“value”:” We received this from a City of El Paso employee who has more than a decade of experience in the Environmental Services Department: “The recycling program started in 2007 under a…