Thread: 8 US citizens among Mexico border city deaths this month: co

8 US citizens among Mexico border city deaths this month: consul
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CIUDAD JUAREZ (AFP) — Eight US citizens were killed and five wounded in attacks in the volatile northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez in August, the US consul here said Friday.

"During the month of August they (hitmen) killed eight US citizens and injured five more on this side of the border," said Raymond McGrath at a meeting on border issues in Ciudad Juarez.

Violence has escalated throughout Mexico since President Felipe Calderon, who took office at the end of 2006, launched a military crackdown on drug trafficking and related attacks, but nowhere more than in Ciudad Juarez.

The city has had an average of four murders a day this year, according to police and news reports, which increased to eight a day in the month of August.

The consul did not give names of the US citizens or details of their deaths, but said they "were not direct targets of the violence."

Of some 2,700 murders across the country this year, official figures this week showed almost 1,000 have been in Ciudad Juarez -- across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas -- including three in the most recent attacks Friday.

The US government in April warned its citizens to be careful in Ciudad Juarez and along the rest of the US-Mexico border, but McGrath recommended that they avoid the area completely if possible due to "a higher risk of violence" than before.

"Although Mexican citizens are the main victims of these crimes, the uncertain security situation also implies a risk for US citizens," he said.

Between January and the end of August, some 946 murders were reported, including 110 police, according to official figures, in the city of some 1.5 million.

Some 5,000 families are reported to have fled Ciudad Juarez since the start of the year.

The Juarez drug cartel is fighting a turf war for control of Chihuahua state and its key drug routes to the United States with the Sinaloa cartel, from the neighboring state further south.

The deployment of 2,500 soldiers in Ciudad Juarez, part of the federal deployment of more than 36,000 across the country since Calderon took office at the end of 2006, has so far failed to stem the violence.

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If you ever run into someone who says illegal immigration and the drug cartels are not a problem, simply point out the fact that Juarez, a few hundred feet from U.S. soil is the second most dangerous city in the world next to Baghdad.

The consul did not give names of the US citizens or details of their deaths, but said they "were not direct targets of the violence."

does it matter if they were direct targets of the violence or not. Graveyard dead is grave yard dead no matter how you phrase it.

What I want to know is... What in the world are any sain Americans doing in Mexico with the amount of violence going on

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

The consul did not give names of the US citizens or details of their deaths, but said they "were not direct targets of the violence."

does it matter if they were diect targets of the violence or not. Graveyard dead is grave yard dead no matter how you phrase it.

What I want to know is... What in the world are any sain Americans doing in Mexico with the amount of violence going on

ONLY SOMEONE WITH NO ACTIVE BRAIN CELLS WOULD GO TO MEXICO AT THIS TIME IF THEY DIDNT HAVE TO. DONT THEY KEEP UP WITH THE NEWS?

The consul did not give names of the US citizens or details of their deaths, but said they "were not direct targets of the violence."

Demand the names Americans!

Where they visitors? Where they anchor babies visiting home?

American familiy members of the dead invite the news over, PLEASE!

THIS ALIPACER WANTS THE ENTIRE STORY, BUT WILL SETTLE FOR NAMES OF AMERICANS KILLED.

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ONLY SOMEONE WITH NO ACTIVE BRAIN CELLS WOULD GO TO MEXICO AT THIS TIME IF THEY DIDNT HAVE TO. DONT THEY KEEP UP WITH THE NEWS?[/quote]

Yep. We love entering contests. Get pretty lucky sometimes too. This summer there was a wonderful vacation package contest offered. However, it was in Mexico and due to the violence in that country we DID not enter.

Wonder how the tourism industry is doing...