State prosecutor's spokesman Arturo Sandoval says the child was traveling with his father in a pickup truck when gunmen opened fire Friday, killing them both.
Sandoval says three women were shot to death in two separate incidents. A university professor was killed in a residential area.
Sandoval says that nine other men were killed in six separate incidents.
The metropolis across the border from El Paso, is Mexico's deadliest city, with more than 1,700 killings so far this year.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6720725.html?utm_source=feedburner&...
Image source: http://eideard.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/juarez.png?w=500&h=380
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- xiola
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So senseless. Devastating. Heartbreaking.
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I'm voting down the killings in Mexico. It is a good thing you did the report. Staggering #s for one day. Every day is a sad day. Little children included.
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Yes, every day IS a sad day. It is completely out of control. Just awful.
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Many people feel that if the U.S. legalized drugs, or even just marijuana, it would curb this violence. I'm curious how many of you think legalization would stop this? If we legalized just marijuana, would this stop? Or would they just find another drug to make money off of and the violence would continue?...
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Dare I say.. Mexican Stand Off?
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- lordsbassman
- 6 days ago
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Ah jeez, that came from the Chron? Houston must have been on top of this story but i didnt catch the news today.
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- Atalanda_Cameron
- 6 days ago
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Does anyone think that legalizing marijuana could help slow the killings due to Mexican/ American drug cartels?
This is a horrible incident, and only a few miles from "American Soil". I personally think that if this were to happen, say, in TEXAS, it would be all over the news... But I digress.-
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- notsafeforwork
- 6 days ago
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It's just wrong...kids should be left out the death squads.
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And everyday tons of families who left everything behind to get away from this mess are deported back.
Your employment might be in danger because of illegals, but atleast it's not your child's life.-
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- primalscreamer
- 6 days ago
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Mexico's government is helpless. The country never had a strong army and it's police forces, at all levels, are one of the most corrupt in the world. The fighting between the drug lords will soon drive Mexico into total anarchy, much like Somalia. The end result will be an Afghanistan type political model where 10-15 war lords control the country.
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Gez, around 1,700 just this year? That's so sad! And to add on top of it, a kid! Damn.
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- Minus5scenePoints
- 6 days ago
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Stop being pansy-asses and crying about it. Do something... make your politicians do something. The "war on drugs" is making politicians around the world very wealthy... just like the "war on oil".
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- Westnewport
- 5 days ago
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drugfreeworld - Is this site plausible ?
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Horrible right? This is quite normal, though.
I live in El Paso, Tx, which is right across the border from Ciudad Juarez. Actually its quite literally down the street, maybe about a 30min drive. If you were to look at this area from far above, you wouldn't be able to distinguish El Paso from Juarez, the only thing separating us is that silly border wall, and of course that made-made ditch we refer to as the Rio Grande (Did any of you see that Vanguard episode on Narcos? Part of it was shot in El Paso-Juarez).
Its so strange, when you're driving down I-10, to think that you can look into another city - another country - and to realize that so much bullshit is happening over, when we are safe on this side of the fence, with our 3g smartphones and our social networking sites.
Events like these happen everyday over there, they've been happening for over 2yrs. We seen it in the news for so long that it has desensitized us, its no longer a shock to read about deaths and assassinations; its just another regular day in Juarez.
It used to be an attraction, mostly for the younger generation, people like me who wanted a place to party, seeing as how the drinking age in Mexico is 18. But all of that stopped. Clubs, bars, and restaurants have shut down; their owners driven to exile or assassinated. There are still a few open, of course, but that bustling night life that was so prominent, came to an end.
That's not the point though, how selfish of me. Ciudad Juarez is the deadliest city in the world right now, with the number of civilian assassinations outnumbering the casualties in Iraq. The number will continue to grow, until the cartels decide who will win the right sell us Americans our weed.
But what can be done about it? Even we, who are just down the street, are powerless. Our city government obviously doesn't have the influence required to stop something like this, and our federal government has no interest in foreign affairs that will not yield some type of profit.
I guess its up to people like me - students and artists - to report on it, and spread the word to people like you who are so far away and disconnected from these events.
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13 people die in one day over here, widespread media coverage for a week.
15 people die in one day...and every other day before that...right outside our "border," eh. Maybe they'll talk about it later. However, right now, they MUST tell women how to fight cancer with their bra! It is of the UTMOST importance.-
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- chaoscontrol
- 5 days ago
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Some people just have a total disreguard for human life itself...this is so appauling
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@ chinese_democracy
That's a good point. They don't say it in the article. The thing is, there are a lot of problems with drug cartels over there right now; Vanguard even did an episode on the problems with drug cartels there. I hear about in on the news a lot here where I live. It's a real problem, and it's only getting worse. The Catholic church is considering getting involved with trying to stop this, because the government is unable to. They think that most of the drugs are coming into the United States, so that's why we were talking about the possibility of legalization here helping the situation there. I was listening to the BBC the other day, and they were discussing the possible results of the Catholic church getting involved. Most of these drug people are still church goers. Will they then turn their violence against the church? Or could it help?...
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i live in el paso texas too. and my opinion of the violence is different. the violence going on in jaurez everyday has been going on A LOT longer than two yrs. a lot longer.
sure the drugs play a large role in the violence, but lets put the blame on those that deserve it. the mexican people. its not the United States fault that the mexican government refuses to restore order in jaurez. its not my fault either.
its the fact that we, as Americans have allowed the flow of illegal aliens to continue with blind and unforceable laws. and now we want to stop the flow? thats been going on for hundred of years? juarez is like a huge filter thats become clogged, and is creating a problom.
living in this town has really brought to light some serious issues. yes, i can drive down I-10 and look into mexico. i live but a few feet from the border. and its true that if you were to look at a map, you couldnt tell the difference.
drive around el paso, and you would think your in mexico. the attitude here is one of mexico. not el paso, Texas, USA. meaning that walk into a wal mart here and everything is in mexican, your greeted as if you were in mexico. the adds are in mexican. i have to ask to be spoken to in english!!! and then they get upset because of it! thats the attitude here.
take a look at the hit and run stats for this city, highest in the nation!
take a look at the number of warrants issued for failure to appear, approx 96% of the warrants issued are for mexican nationals with mexican address's.take a look at this city, its filthy and run down. driving around you may not be able to tell that your actually in the USA.
one el paso police oficer, that i know personally explains that its useless to pull over a "chihuahua" licence plate because "they'll never show up for court, they'll be back in juarez by the time [he] gets of duty"
this town is ugly, and its just as ugly as juarez is now. theres really not much diffenrence between juarez and el paso. even the rest of Texas disrespects el paso because of its un-American atmosphere.
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- spindian_shaw
- 5 days ago
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absolutely breaks my heart....
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So much for drugs being a victimless crime.
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Just why do they not stop the war on drugs. Because they make to much money from it.
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Mexico does what to fix these problems?
America should just give Mexico Chicago. If there is any city in America that mirrors the poor police effort it's Chicago.
