August was the most violent month in the history of the city of Juarez. A total of 15 people were killed in mostly separate incidents yesterday bringing the total number for the month to 336. The number of narco murders in the month of August 2010 surpasses any previous ANNUAL total before 2008. So far this year, an average of 8 people have been killed in Juarez per day, or one homicide every 3 hours on average.
The total for the country of Mexico this year is reported to be 7,638...more than one-fourth of the homicides in the country of Mexico have occurred in Juarez.
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