Dallas Strip Clubs: Bullets on the border
A student returns to El Paso amid drug war, still feels like home
By Justin Yearwood, senior staff writer
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010 Updated: Friday, January 15, 2010
Vendors began to pack up their merchandise at an El Paso, Texas, flea martket located near the Mexico border as the sun started to set.
El Paso business owners commonly use bilingual signs in downtown El Paso near the Mexico border.
It had been 506 days since I last saw the El Paso skyline with my own eyes, and although the Facebook updates during my absence had warranted my comfort, the newspaper headlines had contradicted any sense of security.
The strip club on the right of I-10 was the first landmark of many that proved El Paso, Texas, still existed. A blanket of streetlights across the Rio Grande River proved the same for Ciudad Juarez.