A tough upbringing in a border town. Juan Gabriel was his stage name. He was born Alberto Aguilera Valadez in Michoacán, Mexico, in 1950. He had everything going against him from the start.

Juan Gabriel was one of the biggest stars of Latin pop music. A new podcast delves into his early life in Ciudad Juarez, and the taboo of queerness in Mexican culture.

Juan Gabriel's Journey. Born Alberto Aguilera Valadez on January 7, 1950, in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Gabriel's early life was marked by hardship. He attended school in Juárez, where a music ...

Juan Gabriel's dogs still roam the Mexican singer's home that is now a museum in Ciudad Juârez. Staff care for the pets and the property. If Taylor Swift is for English-speaking audiences the ...

It was Juan Gabriel's idea, 20 years ago, Rojas said, to convert one of his Ciudad Juárez homes into a museum for the public. The museum opens the week of the eighth anniversary of his death on ...