Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Never Ending Violence in Juarez, Mexico

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In the small eastern Juarez suburb of Praxedis G. Guerreuo the entire police force has deserted their posts after having received direct threats from the drug mafia. --The 16th of September celebrations have been cancelled too.


One of the Juarez newspapers is reporting that there were 27 killings over the weekend and early Monday.

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Photographs are by Alejandro Bringas and Reuters.
LINK:
http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2009/09/14/my-city-my-work-my-life/
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