US Directs Deportees Away from Juárez Nicholas Casey & Joel Millman - WSJ.com go to original March 29, 2010
As violence worsens in the Mexican border city, American government funnels former prisoners to other towns.
Ciudad Juárez - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun directing deported criminals away from Ciudad Juárez amid concerns of mounting bloodshed in the border town, U.S. and Mexican authorities said.
Starting March 4, Mexicans who have served time for crimes in the U.S. and who were set to be deported into Juárez, the Mexican city next to El Paso, Texas, have instead been transferred to other entry points into Mexico, including Eagle Pass, Laredo and Del Rio, Texas, according to a law-enforcement official in Washington who wasn't authorized to speak about the changes publicly.
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