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    VQ.P6 JUAREZ - ITEM 15 against the traitors and the French invasion by Maximillian, The name of the city was then changed to Juarez and it is from this spot that the national hero went back vic- torious to assume the Presidency which he held in his journey across the Republic. Today Juarez has a population of 150,000 inhabitants, Juarez is a border city that lies across the International Bridge spanning the Rio Grande, The larg- est city on the Mexican border, it is in the State of Chihuahua. III.) About the Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de El Paso. It is on the Southwest corner of Calle 16 de Septiembre and Calle Nicolas Bravo. The walls are like a fort- ress, 56 inches thick, made of adobe bricks, plastered inside and out. The single bell tower is of Moorish architecture. In the early days the flat roof was covered with more than 3 feet of earth.