{"id":1299,"date":"2012-04-25T14:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnhr.org\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2012-04-28T20:30:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T01:30:49","slug":"border-communities-are-outraged-by-ut-chancellors-depiction-of-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/border-communities-are-outraged-by-ut-chancellors-depiction-of-el-paso\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Communities are Outraged by UT Chancellor\u2019s Insinuations About El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Cancellation of El Paso boxing match is based on lies about the border and was politically motivated
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The decision by UT Chancellor Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to cancel the boxing match between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.\u00a0 and Andy Lee is based on unfounded perceptions of the border and the people who live here.<\/p>\n

Last December, El Paso was again ranked as the safest large U.S. city for the second year in a row. Prior to this, El Paso has been named either the 2nd or 3rd safest large city for the last 12 years.<\/p>\n

Despite these facts, Chancellor Cigarroa chose to cancel the much-anticipated match over unspecified \u201csafety and security concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe reject the depiction of our city as unsafe,\u201d said BNHR Executive Director Fernando Garcia. \u201cYou cannot ignore the political element here, when our own governor lies about our city and says there are car bombs going off in downtown El Paso, it is unfair to the communities that have made this the safest city in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement that the match had been canceled came the same morning that President Bill Clinton was in town to campaign for Rep. Silvestre Reyes and just days after a Saturday boxing match at the Don Haskins Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at that and you can see why El Pasoans feel insulted,\u201d Garcia added. \u201cAnd the worst part is that it\u2019s not just an insult, it\u2019s an insult based on lies about our city.\u201d<\/p>\n

BNHR is calling on the Chancellor to reverse this decision and to apologize to border communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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