Ciudad Juárez

American  

[syoo-thahth hwah-res] / sjuˈðɑð ˈʰwɑ rɛs /

noun

1. a city in N Mexico, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.

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Ciudad Juárez British  

/ siuˈðað ˈxwarɛs /

noun

1. Former name (until 1888): El Paso del Norte. a city in N Mexico, in Chihuahua state on the Río Grande, opposite El Paso, Texas. Pop: 1 469 000 (2005 est)

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Ciudad Juárez

Last year, Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations agents also found a tunnel that ran under the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico into El Paso.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Globalization in general boosted corporate profit margins, whether it was call centers in Manila, car factories in Ciudad Juárez or iPhone assembly in Shenzhen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Tallies published on Tuesday showed that Silvia Delgado had won enough votes to secure a position as a local criminal judge in the city of Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025

Migrants in the border towns of Mexicali and Ciudad Juárez were being turned away, and the word was spreading.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

They don’t make any stops at all on the almost-four-hour stretch between Monahans, Texas—where Scoob and G’ma’s trip ended—and Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua, Mexico.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone