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More than 500 women were killed between 1993 and 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, a city in northern Mexico. [1] [2] The murders of women and girls received international attention primarily due to perceived government inaction in preventing the violence and bringing perpetrators to justice. [3]
Mexican authorities on Monday raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17, a brazen operation that appeared designed to free ...
The Mexican drug war began in 2006. Ciudad Juárez is a large city in Chihuahua which is next to the United States border, opposite El Paso in Texas. [1] Mexican drug cartels have carried out many attacks in Juárez, including a prison riot in March 2009, an attack on a rehab center in September 2009 and a massacre in January 2010.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -Three suspects were arrested on Monday in the death of a Mexican migration agent who was found earlier in the day with no signs of life, state security and ...
The violence is under investigation by state police and prison intelligence officers. Loya attributed the violence to overcrowding. Cereso No. 3 has a capacity of 2,800 prisoners but currently ...
The city's violence was depicted in the 2015 film Sicario, drawing criticism and calls for a boycott from Juárez mayor Enrique Serrano Escobar, who said the film presented a false and negative image of the city. He said the violence the film depicted was accurate through about 2010, and that the city had made progress in restoring peace. [62] [63]
Cartel boss among 8 killed in Chihuahua violence In August 2022, Quintana, who is a Mexican citizen, was extradited from Mexico to the United States to face the charges in the 2015 drug ...
On April 23, in Ciudad Juarez, gunmen ambushed two police vehicles while in a busy intersection, killing six police officers and also killing a 17-year-old girl. A Chihuahua State's spokesman confirmed that five of the officers were federal and one was municipal. Authorities recovered two of the three vehicles used in the attack. [37]