In effect, he established a system that prevented people from casually crossing without papers. Operation Hold the Line was a policy put in place in late 1993 by the-then sector chief of the Border Patrol (and later congressman), Sylvester Reyes. However, the biggest reason our downtown declined when it did and the gay bars in particular became fewer with many disappearing all together likely has to do with Operation Hold the Line. Like in other cities, they disappeared for many reasons. They occupied a huge place in the early scene. In this article, we’ll explore a non-exhaustive group of bars that are now extinct. A large number of bar patrons came from there. At that time and probably still, Juarez was twice as big as El Paso and much younger. Above, me in 1988, sitting on the back of my early ‘80s Honda Goldwing 500, shortly after I washed up in El PasoĪnd there were gay bars perhaps more than one would expect a city of this size to support.
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