Saturday, June 20, 2009

Juarez Killings

There were 9 murders in Juarez, Mexico yesterday. As of 19 June 2009 the total for June is 136. This is the same as the number for the whole month ofJune 2008. The total for the year is now 807. At the end of June 2008 the total was 542, so as of the summer solstice 2009 there is apparently an increase in the number of killings in Juarez of about 48%.
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The month of June 2009 has been especially deadly for women. As of yesterday 39 women had been killed during the month. Adolescents have also been hit hard this month. Four teenagers were killed just between Thursday and Friday.

As if it would in some way help, the officials of the Mexican Joint Chihuahua Operation met yesterday to address the situation...

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