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Mexico's first homegrown cartel, run by Ignacia Jasso, was seated in the city, and for a time controlled much of the border drug trade. [24] 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.
Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico by area, with an area of 247,455 square kilometres (95,543 sq mi), [11] it is slightly larger than the United Kingdom, and slightly smaller than Wyoming, the tenth largest US state by area. The state is consequently known under the nickname El Estado Grande ('The Great State' or 'The Big State').
Language attitudes and language use in Cd. Juarez, Mexico. Center for Inter-American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Let's Go Inc. (2003). Let's Go Southwest USA Adventure (3rd ed.). MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-312-31998-4. Michie, Donald A. (1992). El Paso, Juarez and Las Cruces Fact Book. El Paso, TX: The University of ...
The geography of Mexico describes the geographic features of Mexico, a country in the Americas. Mexico is located at about 23° N and 102° W [1] in the southern portion of North America. [2] [3] From its farthest land points, Mexico is a little over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) in length.
Oaxaca, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, [b] is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of the United Mexican States.It is divided into 570 municipalities, of which 418 (almost three quarters) are governed by the system of usos y costumbres (customs and traditions) [8] with recognized local forms of self-governance.
Acapulco is also Mexico's largest beach and balneario resort city. [6] Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero is the municipal seat of the municipality of Acapulco, Guerrero. The city is one of Mexico's oldest beach resorts, coming into prominence in the 1940s through the 1960s as a getaway for Hollywood stars and millionaires. [7]
Juárez refers to a number of places and things, most of which are named after Benito Juárez, former President of Mexico. Juárez or Juarez may refer to: Places
Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a ... a big food court located on the ... On Avenida Juarez is the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Carmen which was founded between ...