Community | February 04, 2010 | 17 comments

Juarez high school killings - How much more can residents take?

 

We know it's bad in Juarez. It's been bad for a while now. But with the apparently accidental killing of at least fifteen at a Juarez high school party, it just seems like it keeps getting worse. The LA Times reports on a suspect who acted as a lookout for the shooters:

Officials summoned reporters to see the suspect, who said in their presence that the main Juarez-based drug cartel targeted the party because it had received reports that members of a rival trafficking group were in attendance. The suspect, identified as Jose Dolores Arroyo Chavarria, said he acted as a lookout for the 24 or so gunmen he said took part. He said they were ordered to kill everyone inside.

 

Just horrible. Meanwhile, it continues. From yesterday: 3 headless bodies found in 'narco-grave,' Mexican military says - CNN.com. That article puts the death toll in Juarez (just in Juarez) so far this year (just over a month) at 230 as of Monday.

 

How much longer will Juarez residents have to suffer this? What can we do in the US to help?

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