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The New Cali/Medellin Public Danger Zone? Juarez, Mexico

Grisly war involving Mexico’s drug cartels has killed up to 4,000 in Juarez
.....................El Paso still safe although next to a war zone...................

...updated from the Associated Press, 7:56 a.m. CT, Sat., Dec . 26, 2009
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EL PASO, Texas - El Paso and its neighbor across the Rio Grande, Ciudad Juarez, are like reverse photographic images of each other.

One is a model of civic order, the other an urban war zone just a few hundred yards away across the Mexican border.

In Juarez, people have been lined up against a wall and shot to death. Victims' limbs have been cut off. Bodies have been left to rot in the torrid streets or buried in shallow desert graves. Gun battles break out in broad daylight, with children and other innocents caught in the crossfire. Residents are afraid to leave their homes.

A grisly war involving Mexico's ruthless drug cartels has killed as many as 4,000 of Juarez's nearly 1.5 million people over the past two years, making it one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

By goin_south on Dec 26, 2009, 09:56 in Mexico forum.

goin_south says on Dec 26, 2009, 09:56:

.Now, for the rest of the story,... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34593203/

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Man Tequila says on Jan 10, 2010, 21:06:

Juarez has been dangerous for a long time.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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goin_south says on Jan 10, 2010, 23:28:

yeah, ... I wouldn't go there,... for a long, long time.
But, I would also believe that the current/recent danger is a step (OR TWO!) above that of 30 years ago

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