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After the homicide rates escalated to the point of making Ciudad Juárez the most violent city in the world, violent crime began to decline in the early 2010s. [48] In 2012, homicides were at their lowest rate since 2007 when drug violence flared between the Sinaloa and Juárez Cartel . [ 49 ]
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]
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.
Migrant trafficking is now believed to be more lucrative — and less risky — than drug trafficking for organized crime groups in the Juárez border region, Chihuahua law enforcement officials said.
Violence in Mexico: Murders flare in Juárez after woman's death ignites gang war. Artistas Asesinos (Artist Assassins) began as a Juárez graffiti crew in the early 2000s before growing into a ...
The heart offerings case in Juárez is a twist of dark spirituality entwined with the blood-soaked drug cartel-related violence and crime that have been a major problem in Mexico for decades.
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]
Violence continues to be a concern in Juárez, Mexico, with more than 120 murders in January 2024. Mexican army troops patrol the border city's streets following a deadly shooting in this file ...