A week after his surprise arrest near El Paso, a reputed drug lord made his first appearance in an El Paso courtroom.
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Pablo Villa
Pablo Villa is assistant editor of El Paso Matters. An El Paso native, he returned to journalism after working in public relations in the education sector, which included stints at El Paso ISD, UTEP and Fort Bliss. Before that, Villa was an award-winning journalist at the El Paso Times for 11 years.