Juárez

[ wahr-ez; Spanish hwah-res ]

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noun

Be·ni·to (Pa·blo) [be-, nee, -taw , pah, -vlaw], 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
Ciudad. Ciudad Juárez.

Juárez

/ ˈxwarɛθ /

JuárezBenito Pablo18061872MMexicanPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Benito Pablo (beˈnito ˈpaβlo). 1806–72, Mexican statesman. As president (1861–65; 1867–72) he thwarted Napoleon III's attempt to impose an empire under Maximilian and introduced many reforms

Juárez

/ ˈxwarɛθ /

He bought a garage and he offered a refuge or sorts to a faction of the Juárez cartel that threw in its lot with El Chapo.

Two Mexican police captains and a commander were shot to death in Juárez within a 24-hour period on January 21 and 22, 2008.

Esparza recalled that they brought photographs and helped agents to identify the faces of the Juárez enemy.

In Juárez, locals regard him as the commander of the ultra-violent Sinaloa offensive in their city.

The El Chapo strategy was to take out the Mexican police commanders who protected The Viceroy in Juárez, according to Esparza.

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