The Crosses of Juárez, Carlos Reyes-Manzo

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

On my way to the hotel Colonial in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the taxi driver offers me a visa to cross into the US.

"I have friends in the US Embassy who can arrange for the relevant documents within a week, and if you want to cross the border in another way I have trusted friends."

"Thanks, but I'm a tourist."

"You don't look like a tourist, and tourists don't visit Juárez. The gringos come in the evenings to drink and visit the brothels." After a long silence he warns me, "Be careful, journalists come to a bad end in Juárez."

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