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US-Mexico border

The cross atop Mount Cristo Rey, which divides the slum of Anapra from the city of Juárez (Lindsey Freer).

Manny’s Story

Boss of the bosses. What a ridiculous thing to call him. What does that mean here? What does it get him? Nothing that lasts. Someday it will end. Someday his own people or someone else’s people will kill him. He knows this: unless something changes, he will die.

Juárez: City of Death

He is taking me on a tour of Juárez, but we won’t be visiting any museums or historic sights. We are going to tour the City of Death—Juárez’s slums, or colonias.