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The Latest Breaking News from Juarez

Tragedy looms over Juarez, tax refunds for Cook County homeowners and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

In Pilsen, mass shooting looms over Juarez, once considered ‘sacred ground’ for community

Weeks after a shooter opened fire outside of Benito Juarez Community Academy, leaders in the school and the community worry the mass shooting will overshadow strides made throughout school’s storied history.

Chicago Sun-Times

In troubled Mexico prison, inmates ruled their cell blocks

The violent prison break that killed 17 people _ mostly guards _ and resulted in the escape of 30 inmates has revealed a shocking level of self-rule by prisoners inside the troubled prison in the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez

The Independent UK

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Death toll rises to 19 from prison attack in Mexican border town

An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday.

Reuters

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

Mexican authorities have raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17

The Independent UK

At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

Mexican authorities said on Sunday at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city.

Reuters

Armed attack on Mexican prison leaves 14 dead

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) - Gunmen attacked a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Sunday, leaving 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office said.

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14 killed in attack on Mexican border prison

Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas

The Independent UK

At least 10 people are dead and 20 escaped after a prison riot in Juárez, Mexico

The riot occurred at the notorious Cereso state prison in Juárez. The mayor, Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, told local media that armed gunmen had entered the prison.

WEKU

Despite student murders, Benito Juarez high shouldn’t bring cops back, students and staff tell LSC

Most of those who spoke at an emergency meeting Thursday night said having police officers patrol campus will not make the school safer after CPS students Nathan Billegas, 14, and Brandon Perez, 15, were killed last Friday as classes let out.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘It scared everybody.’ Students leave class to remember victims of mass shooting outside Benito Juarez high school

Nathan Billegas, 14, and Brandon Perez, 15, were killed and two other teens — a boy and a girl, both 15 — were wounded as classes were being dismissed Friday at the school in the 2100 block of South Laflin Street.

Chicago Sun-Times

Authorities name second teen killed in shooting outside Benito Juarez High School

Police also released photos of a person wanted for questioning in the fatal shooting Friday afternoon at the Pilsen high school.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I’m just thinking about her, hoping that she’s OK’ says classmate of girl wounded during deadly shooting at Chicago high school

CHICAGO — Two of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon have died, according to officials.

Chicago Tribune

Digital nomad hotspots grapple with housing squeeze

LISBON/MEXICO CITY: Among the glitzy new apartment buildings springing up in Mexico City's Juarez neighbourhood, fashionable coffee shops are taking the place of taco stands and English is replacing Spanish on signs and posters aimed at an influx of newcomers.

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Tribune News Service

Shelter sickness: Migrants see health problems linger and worsen while waiting at the border

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Two days after arriving at a temporary migrant shelter at the border with the U.S. in June, Rosa Viridiana Ceron Alpizar’s 9-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son fell ill. Most of the kids in the converted gym had stomach issues after being served a meal of sausage…

Los Angeles Times

Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Dramatic bouts of violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched, dramatizing the ability of crime gangs to wreak havoc and shatter the semblance of normality almost anywhere in the country without warning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thousands of Chicago college students — and some parents — to get full college scholarships: ‘This is life changing'

Hope Chicago stunned families at Benito Juarez H.S. with the announcement Tuesday, and officials say more schools benefitting from the program will be revealed soon. Eventually 24,000 students and 6,000 parents will get scholarships.

Benzinga

Resideo Technologies To Acquire First Alert From Newell Brands For $593M Cash

Resideo Technologies Inc (NYSE:REZI) has agreed to acquire First Alert Inc, a home safety products provider, from Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:NWL) for $593 million in an all-cash transaction. First Alert offers a portfolio of detection and suppression devices, including smoke alarms, carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, combination alarms, connected fire, and CO devices. For the…

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