Mexican trooops patrol Ciudad JuarezPost 7:
Since the war on drugs was declared in Mexico cities on the United States-Mexico border have become one of the deadliest in all of Mexico. One city in particular is Ciudad Juarez, which borders the Texas city of El Paso. In the last few years Ciudad Juarez has been in the media for the numerous unsolved murders of young women, a phenomenon known as femicide. Many of these murders have not been linked to any of the cartels. The murders that have been linked to the drug cartels are the average of seven daily drug related homicides.[1]
Having the reputation of being Mexico’s deadliest city is not good for local businesses. According to the New York Daily News local Juarez businesses want to turn to the United Nations for help controlling the violence in their city. Business owners have come to this point of desperation after Mexico’s deployment of troops as well as the United States’ soldiers reinforcements have failed to decrease Ciudad Juarez’s murder rates.
On any given day Ciudad Juarez experiences an average of seven murders a day. On November 7, 2009 the Associated Press reported 15 murders in Ciudad Juarez.[2] The BBC experienced the violence of Ciudad Juarez during an evening ride along. The first scene they come up to is that of a dead body in a car. In total the reporters witnessed three murders in two different locations, including the murder of a seven year old boy. [3]
Great efforts have been done to reduce the number of murders in Ciudad Juarez, a city woth a death toll greater than the Iraq war. These efforts have yet to be successful. Rivalry among the cartels is a major contributor to the deaths in Ciudad Juarez. The murders in Ciudad Juarez will stop once the rivalry ends, whether it comes as a result of a merger between the cartels or the complete dismantling of them.
Having the reputation of being Mexico’s deadliest city is not good for local businesses. According to the New York Daily News local Juarez businesses want to turn to the United Nations for help controlling the violence in their city. Business owners have come to this point of desperation after Mexico’s deployment of troops as well as the United States’ soldiers reinforcements have failed to decrease Ciudad Juarez’s murder rates.
On any given day Ciudad Juarez experiences an average of seven murders a day. On November 7, 2009 the Associated Press reported 15 murders in Ciudad Juarez.[2] The BBC experienced the violence of Ciudad Juarez during an evening ride along. The first scene they come up to is that of a dead body in a car. In total the reporters witnessed three murders in two different locations, including the murder of a seven year old boy. [3]
Great efforts have been done to reduce the number of murders in Ciudad Juarez, a city woth a death toll greater than the Iraq war. These efforts have yet to be successful. Rivalry among the cartels is a major contributor to the deaths in Ciudad Juarez. The murders in Ciudad Juarez will stop once the rivalry ends, whether it comes as a result of a merger between the cartels or the complete dismantling of them.
Murder in Ciudad Juarez
WORKS CITED:
[1] Roberts, S. Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez call for U.N. to help quell violence. New York Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/11/12/2009-11%2012_mexican_city_of_ciudad_juarez_calls_for_un_to_help_quell_violence.html.
[2] The Associated Press. 15 killed in one day in cartel-plagued Ciudad Juarez.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-mexico_15int.ART.State.Edition1.4b99883.html
[3] BBC News. On patrol in Mexico’s most dangerous city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8362459.stm
[1] Roberts, S. Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez call for U.N. to help quell violence. New York Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/11/12/2009-11%2012_mexican_city_of_ciudad_juarez_calls_for_un_to_help_quell_violence.html.
[2] The Associated Press. 15 killed in one day in cartel-plagued Ciudad Juarez.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-mexico_15int.ART.State.Edition1.4b99883.html
[3] BBC News. On patrol in Mexico’s most dangerous city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8362459.stm
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