Sunday, September 13, 2009

Juarez Violence

It is now the middle of September. Here in El Paso, Texas in the Chihuahuan desert things are beginning to cool down just a bit. It is still far too hot, but it has started getting better.

We still have 3-1/2 months left in 2009, and the number of killings in our neighbor city of Juarez, Mexico due to the Mexican mafia and the drugs wars has now equaled all of 2008.

Juarez has achieved the dubious distinction of being named as the most dangerous city on the planet which is not engaged in war.

What a pity. Honest. In prior years I travelled over much of Mexico. I speak Spanish fairly fluently. For the most part I like the culture. What I don’t like is how easy it is for everyone at all levels in Mexican society to accept corruption. The concept of rule-of-law never really caught on in Mexico.

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