Ciudad Juarez stories:
Calderon visits Ciudad Juarez
Feb 12th, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
has only intensified the violence.
angry crowds greeted calderon as he arrived in a heavily guarded ciudad juarez. the president said it was time to launch a much-discussed expansion of the drug war to include efforts aimed at tackling social issuesMexico prez presents new plan for violent city
Feb 11th, 2010 - Washington Post
ciudad juarez, mexico -- relatives of youths killed in a recent massacre interrupted and jeered president felipe calderon as he pledged thursday night to spend more on social programs to curb runaway drug gang violence in this border cityMexican president says he won't withdraw army from drug fight despite criticism
Feb 10th, 2010 - WashingtonExaminer
mexico city - mexican president felipe calderon on wednesday said he won't withdraw troops from the embattled border city of ciudad juarez despite criticism that the presence of thousands of soldiers has exacerbated violence. "the violence
Mexico drug cartels go into the rehab business
Feb 4th, 2010 - MSNBC
ciudad juarez, mexico - mexico's powerful drug cartels have been operating drug rehabilitation clinics, turning some into bloody killing fields and forcing recovering addicts into their ranks of hit men and smugglers.
at least two of the country'sOperation aims to find leads into Juarez killings
Mar 18th, 2010 - Boston
to the u.s. consulate in ciudad juarez last weekend. "the el paso law enforcement community has come together today to locate barrio azteca members as part of a major intelligence collection effort in an attempt to generate leads into saturday's juarez
Ciudad Juarez videos from YouTube:
4:13Drug War in Mexico - A Ciudad Juarez Neighborhood on the Brink
Rivera del Bravo is one of the most dangerous areas of Ciudad Juarez. But that hasnt stopped the Garcia family remaining in the neighborhood that many of the neighbors have already fled. Video by Travis Fox / Washington Post
1:56Ciudad Juarez Massacre - KHOU reporter Angela Kocherga
The border region of Mexico is in shock after high school and college students are gunned down while attending a birthday party in Ciudad Juarez. KHOU reporter Angela Kocherga has the story from the border town.
2:38Women killed in Juarez
www.amnestyusa.org Over 400 women and girls have been brutally killed in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico since 1993. Some of the victims were employees of the maquiladora industry and disappeared on their way to or from work.
Ciudad Juarez from WikiPedia:
The average annual growth in population over the 10-year period [1990–2000] was 5.3%. According to the 2005 population census, the city had 1,301,452 inhabitants, while the municipality had 1,313,338 inhabitants. According to the 2009 census Ciudad Juárez is now larger than Tijuana, BC. During the last decades the city has received immigrants from interior Mexico, some figures state that 32% of the city's population originated outside the state of Chihuahua, mainly from the states of Durango (9.9%), Coahuila (6.3%), Veracruz (3.7%) and Zacatecas (3.5%), as well as from Mexico City (1.7%). Though most immigrants are Mexican, some immigrants also come from Central American countries, such as Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.[citation needed]
Neighborhoods of Ciudad Juárez include:
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