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Post by Police Moderator on Oct 22, 2009 3:56:38 GMT -5
Ciudad Juarez passes 2,000 homicides in 2009, so far
By LISE OLSEN Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Oct. 21, 2009, 7:20PM Ciudad Juarez passed the 2,000 mark in homicides Tuesday — setting a record for violence in the border city that has become ground zero in Mexico's war on drugs and cementing its place as one of the most murderous cities in the world. Before 2008, Juarez, a city of 1.5 million across the Rio Grande from El Paso, formerly had about 200 homicides annually, a rate comparable to or lower than such U.S. cities as Houston. But last year, Juarenses — as residents of Juarez are known — saw 1,600 lives lost in an alarming and mostly unsolved crime wave. This year, that number was passed by summer's end. “With this, our city has reached a new historic mark in violent acts that verifies that this is the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones,” Norte newspaper reported Tuesday. It's hard to determine how many people have fled since the violence escalated. But using the 2005 population estimate of 1.5 million, Juarez's murder rate for 2009 so far has surpassed 133 per 100,000 inhabitants, based on the homicides reported. Nearly all the slayings remain unsolved. None of these would have happened if drugs (And murder) were legal. Uhm, wait. Marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin for personal use are legal in Mexico. If murder would be made legal (Since they have obviously lost the "War on Murder" in this part of Mexico, they should legalize it) this would not be a headline. |
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Post by professorx on Oct 23, 2009 19:20:08 GMT -5
Ciudad Juarez passes 2,000 homicides in 2009, so far
By LISE OLSEN Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Oct. 21, 2009, 7:20PM Ciudad Juarez passed the 2,000 mark in homicides Tuesday — setting a record for violence in the border city that has become ground zero in Mexico's war on drugs and cementing its place as one of the most murderous cities in the world. Before 2008, Juarez, a city of 1.5 million across the Rio Grande from El Paso, formerly had about 200 homicides annually, a rate comparable to or lower than such U.S. cities as Houston. But last year, Juarenses — as residents of Juarez are known — saw 1,600 lives lost in an alarming and mostly unsolved crime wave. This year, that number was passed by summer's end. “With this, our city has reached a new historic mark in violent acts that verifies that this is the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones,” Norte newspaper reported Tuesday. It's hard to determine how many people have fled since the violence escalated. But using the 2005 population estimate of 1.5 million, Juarez's murder rate for 2009 so far has surpassed 133 per 100,000 inhabitants, based on the homicides reported. Nearly all the slayings remain unsolved. None of these would have happened if drugs (And murder) were legal. Uhm, wait. Marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin for personal use are legal in Mexico. If murder would be made legal (Since they have obviously lost the "War on Murder" in this part of Mexico, they should legalize it) this would not be a headline. People will disregard this story because they assume it is far away just because it is in another country. From another source "El Paso and Ciudad Juárez comprise one of the largest binational metropolitan areas in the world with a combined population of 4.5 million people. In fact, Ciudad Juárez is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, in spite of the fact that it is "the most violent zone in the world outside of declared war zones." So it is essentially the same metropolitan area as El Paso, Texas... It is not just the number, but the manner of deaths. It is essentially a "civil war". [/quote] |
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Post by Tsavodiner on Oct 23, 2009 22:04:34 GMT -5
The hotel I inhabited there had metal shutters on the south side, and you could hear the automatic gunfire all night long.
felt like 'home'.
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Post by professorx on Oct 25, 2009 20:31:08 GMT -5
The hotel I inhabited there had metal shutters on the south side, and you could hear the automatic gunfire all night long. felt like 'home'. I've never had the honor of being able to visit El Paso. Some border towns are alright (San Diego, etc.) |
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