218 homicides in July in Juárez

by Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
Posted: 08/03/2011 07:04:35 AM MDT

July was the deadliest month in Juárez since February, according to homicide numbers from a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office.

A spokesman said there were 218 homicides in July, making it the first month since February that homicides topped 200 in a month in the city. The month included 17 men killed in the Cereso prison during a gang attack on July 25.

More than 1,300 people have been killed in Juárez this year, and more than 8,600 have been killed since 2008 when a war began between the Juárez and Sinaloa drug cartels.

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