“Why would an American citizen travel from El Paso to Juarez, with things the way they are?”
I was in el Paso about 3 or 4 years back and I walked over the border, visited the market, had a couple Tecates and walked back. It looked like a war zone in terms of destruction, but at the time I had no idea about the violence. When I got home I read up on the city and just thanked GOD.
I walked over to Nogalas in 2000. As soon as you cross over men run up to you whispering “girls” “pharmaceuticals.” I visited a small open air market within eyesight of the border crossing, bought a small pottery decoration for my mother and quickly got the hell out of dodge and back to the safety of Fort Huachuca.
These days I wouldn’t put my big toe in Mexico.
I went to Whorez about 35 years ago and had a tremendous time. Great people, great food, great shopping, and great entertainment. While lots of interior and southern Mexican towns are no worse than any other third world cities, you’d have to force me at gunpoint to visit a border city nowadays.