{"id":260085,"date":"2026-04-21T21:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260085\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:16:31","slug":"fact-check-do-u-s-soldiers-need-clearance-to-visit-ciudad-juarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260085\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Do U.S. soldiers need clearance to visit Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gigafact<\/a> to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/2024\/01\/30\/el-paso-matters-gigafact-fact-check-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cfact briefs\u201d<\/a> that examine claims about issues shaping our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/factBriefImage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Military commanders may declare establishments or geographic areas off-limits to service members for off-duty or personal travel for safety and security reasons under federal regulations governing Armed Forces disciplinary control.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Service members may be required to obtain travel clearances, and complete security briefings when traveling internationally, particularly to higher-risk areas, according to the Department of Defense Foreign Clearance Program.<\/p>\n<p>These clearances involve approval from military and U.S. government authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Policies on travel to Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas, are set by local commanders, such as those at Fort Bliss, and can change based on security conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of April 2026, Chihuahua and parts of Ju\u00e1rez are prohibited for travel for DoD personnel, according to\u00a0 Fort Bliss in an email to El Paso Matters. Exceptions for official business or limited personal reasons, such as visiting family, can be made.<\/p>\n<p>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ElPaso\/comments\/1ri56w7\/has_anyone_been_to_juarez_while_being_in_the\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Brandy-Ruiz-scaled-e1640132858282-120x120.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrandy Ruiz is an audience engagement reporter at El Paso Matters. She joined the staff in 2021 as a social media intern, completed a summer fellowship at the Texas Tribune and graduated with a degree&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Brandy Ruiz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters partners with Gigafact to produce \u201cfact briefs\u201d that examine claims about issues shaping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,3927,406],"class_list":["post-260085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-fact-check","tag-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}