Henry Cisneros Interview with the Texas Tribune
Julián Aguilar
Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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TribBlog: Juárez’s Outgoing Mayor Mulls Future
Jose Reyes Ferriz on what he’ll do next, why his successor isn’t corrupt and why the violence in his crime-ridden city will continue.
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Ports of Prosperity
After a sluggish 2009, Texas’ top trade districts — Houston, Laredo and El Paso — are rebounding well from the national recession and witnessing huge increases in the value of trade passing through their ports this year.
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TribBlog: Troops to Texas Aug. 1
Of the 1,200 National Guard troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, Texas will see 250 — fewer than half of the 524 ordered to Arizona.
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TribBlog: DHS Payday
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano in Laredo today announced more money for border states and defended an administration under fire from folks on the Mexican border.
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TribBlog: Napolitano to Visit Border
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will visit Texas’ border with Mexico on Thursday when she meets with customs officials and local law enforcement in Laredo.
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TribBlog: Stronger Than Advertised
Challenger Jason Isaac, after raising nothing last year, garnered about $169,000 in six months to help him unseat Democratic incumbent state Rep. Partick Rose, D-Dripping Springs.
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Charles Bowden: The TT Interview
Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields, on how he keeps his sanity, when the narco-wars will end and Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s Pandora’s box.
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Charles Bowden Part Ten
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez.
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Charles Bowden Part Nine
Reporter Charles Bowden on his coverage of Ciudad Juárez.