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September 3, 2008

Ciudad Juarez NGOs Demand Mexican Army Leave Town
by Kent Paterson
Gathered at Lopez Mateos and Paseo del Triunfo de la Republica on the afternoon of Aug. 23, the protestors couldn’t have asked for a better cue. Passing by the Golden Arches and rival Burger King that compete for Fast Food Lord of Intersection, three jeeps full of soldiers equipped with large caliber machine-guns drove by the crowd, eliciting jeers and shouts that the army should leave Ciudad Juarez. “Soldiers: Thieves!â€