Number of homicides drops in Juárez

by Daniel Borunda \ El Paso Times
Posted: 05/03/2011 07:02:08 AM MDT


The number of homicides in Juárez dropped for the second consecutive month in April.

There were 171 homicides in April and 183 in March, according to the Chihuahua state attorney general's office. In February, there were 228 homicides. April had the fewest number of murders since 147 in February 2010.

There have been at least six killings in the first two days of May, including an unidentified man wrapped in a bed sheet tied and left next to an elementary school Monday afternoon.

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