The word “chuco” is a word that evolved from the Indians and the Mexicans that lived in this area. It meant dirty, low class. This is where the criminal element if you will, lived. Mexicans passed through here to get to the U.S. and outlaws who were on the run would...
By Gaby Velasquez/Photo Editor – TheProspectorDaily.com – Photo: Gaby Velasquez Mural: Los Dos Maintain Studio were commissioned to paint a mural for “The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo” documentary. The documentary is about Chicano movement lawyer,...
By ElPaso411.com – Photo Not Credited. We’ve all heard people call El Paso Chucotown or just Chuco. If you walked down the streets of El Paso, Texas, in 1942, you probably wouldn’t think much of a man wearing an oversized suit and fedora hat. The style was...
By Aileen B. Flores/El Paso Times – ElPasoTimes.com – Photo: Ruben R. Ramirez/El Paso Times. Actor, comedian and philanthropist Cheech Marin stands in front of the billboard announcing his Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper from the Collection of Cheech...
By Dave Acosta/El Paso Times – ElPasoTimes.com – Photo Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso Times. Classic cars, lowriders, hot rods and more will take over the El Paso County Coliseum, 4100 E. Paisano Drive, beginning at noon Sunday, according to organizers. The...