Visitor’s Bureau Suspends Border Jumper Trolley
Arleene Barrios-KFOX News Reporter
Monday, December 29, 2008 – updated: 9:27 pm MST December 29, 2008

EL PASO, Texas -- Tourists have often been lured into visiting El Paso because they can tour two nations in one vacation, but now they’ll have to find their own way to Juarez. As of December, the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau has suspended touring trolleys from heading into Juarez because of the escalating violence.

For years, the El Paso-Juarez Trolley Company’s border jumper trolley could be seen crossing the international bridge in downtown El Paso every hour. Even though it attracted tourists, El Pasoans also used it.

“My parents used to like to go to Juarez, so they would ride the trolley and take me, and I thought it was fun,â€