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Ciudad Juarez recovery

Angel Corral, 29, runs three bars in Ciudad Juarez, where nightlife has begun to return as residents feel safer amid a declining homicide rate. Juarez was until recently the deadliest city in Mexico. This nightclub is called Tres Mentiras (Three Lies).

Angel Corral, 29, runs three bars in Ciudad Juarez, where nightlife has begun to return as residents feel safer amid a declining homicide rate. Juarez was until recently the deadliest city in Mexico. This nightclub is called Tres Mentiras (Three Lies).  (Julian Cardona / For The Times)

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Ciudad Juarez is returning to life. The reasons for the border town’s revival are unclear, and the uplift could well prove short-lived, ut there is no question that homicides have declined precipitously and that shuttered businesses are reopening.

Gomez Morin Boulevard

Gomez Morin Boulevard is bustling as life and business return to Ciudad Juarez.  (Julian Cardona / For The Times)

Selling flowers

Felix Juarez, 40, sells flowers at the Tres Mentiras nightclub on a bustling night. Many residents of Ciudad Juarez say they now feel safe enough to go out at night, something they would not have done just a year or two ago.  (Julian Cardona / For The Times)

Taking orders

Yesenia Chavira, 26, takes orders from local bread shops that want Chef Oscar Herrera’s products. Assisting Herrera, right, at the bakery is Luis Roberto Murueta.  (Julian Cardona / For The Times)

Recovery

An abandoned, graffiti-scarred home in Ciudad Juarez’s Riberas del Bravo neighborhood, next to one where people are living. The government is concentrating resources and community programs here and in similar neighborhoods in an effort to rescue them.  (Julian Cardona / For The Times)

Pick-up center

Women in Ciudad Juarez pick up government-supplied food and other goods as part of a fighting-hunger program. Some residents wait in line for hours to receive the supplies, which include rice, oil, beans and similar products. The pick-up center here is in Juarez’s Riberas del Bravo neighborhood, where violence forced out many residents.  (Julian Cardona / For The Times)

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