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Funeral workers remove the body of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim from a hearse at a funeral parlor, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

COVID-19 Silently Spreading Through Border Factories, Experts Say

At least 12 factory workers were reported to have died from COVID-19 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Health officials are worried the virus may have been silently spreading for weeks.

Irish Painter Pays Tribute to 'Invisible' Victims of Juárez, Mexico Murders (EXCLUSIVE)

Apr 01, 2015 04:30 PM EDT By Melissa Castellanos

With every stroke of his brush, Irish painter Brian McGuire has made it his artistic and human mission to tell the stories of victims in Juárez, Mexico, which is considered to be "the murder capital of the world." It's where more than 5,000 people have been butchered by drug cartels over the past six years, including the more recent travesty, the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping of 43 male students who are believed to be dead.

'Justice For My Sister' Filmmaker Recalls Being Held Hostage & Raped While Trying to Rid 'Femicide' in Guatemala

Dec 10, 2013 07:21 PM EST By Melissa Castellanos

Los Angeles-based Colombian and Irish-American filmmaker Kimberly Bautista is a crusader against the violent killing of women, or what she calls "femicide" in Juarez, Mexico, Guatemala and throughout Central America. That's why it's incomprehensible to learn that Bautista, a voice for those who have been silenced or abused, was held hostage and raped during the culmination of her four-year-journey making the award-winning documentary, Justice For My Sister.