Leaders in Ciudad Juarez Eye Tourism Renaissance After Bloody Drug Wars Angela Kocherga - WFAA
go to original January 9, 2014

Leaders in Ciudad Juárez are hoping tourists will return to the border city as it recovers from a bloody drug war. Police maintain a vigil over the downtown district. (WFAA)

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — The number of murders in Ciudad Juárez has sharply declined from its peak during the drug war days, and now this border city across from El Paso is working to attract visitors once again.

"We have to keep working and working and working and bringing people into the area," said Jose Arturo Ramos Andujo, executive in charge of projects for Juárez.

He may just have one of the hardest jobs in Ciudad Juárez these days. "If things were like they were three years ago? Yeah, it would be hard," Ramos added

During a recent tour of the city, he pointed to all the new businesses as proof the city has recovered from years of drug violence.

"If you’re seeing a boom in Juárez, security is good," Ramos said.

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