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NPT Monday Brief: City Manager Wilson on EZ indictment; Juarez, Chihuahua transit discontent; Police Blotter
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
NPT Monday on the Stump: Healthy debate?
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El Paso-centric info and commentary from the Center of North America on the NPT blog:
-- From DMN report on Juarez: “The corruption is deeper than we ever imagined”
-- WashPost: U.S.-backed Drug War in Mexico losing popular support
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From our friends over at ABC-7, 248 killed in Juarez in July, violent deaths on pace to surpass 2008 figures
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News
City Hall blew whistle on Empowerment Zone and Rawley, officials say
by David Crowder
 The indictment of the former executive director of the nonprofit El Paso Empowerment Zone, Phyllis Rawley, is arguably a public corruption case on the city’s doorstep and is, so far, as close as such a case has come to City Hall. But, City Manager Joyce Wilson and other city officials have been quick to point out that the city alerted federal authorities to the problems.
Posted on August 3, 2009 • read more »
Chihuahua and Juarez bus fare hikes anger public
by Frontera NorteSur
 The bus fare hike reopened debate about the nature of “public” transportation in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua City. Unlike the United States where city bus service is typically operated by municipalities, bus lines in Ciudad Juarez and Mexico are outsourced.
Posted on August 3, 2009 • read more »
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