Criminal Capitalism Violence Disease: Not One Person Murdered Yesterday in Ciudad Juarez. First time in 10 months a day without a killing. Mexican security disaster - a drug gangs war. Should US invade, or United Nation station soldiers? twice as many victims of violence as they did in 2008 ? and seven times more than in 2007.
Mothers tell daughters to run stoplights at night rather than risk being carjacked. Even in daylight, drivers dare not glance over at the next car, especially if it's an SUV with tinted windows and no plates.
This year 2009 dead include university professors, an honor student and waiters caught in the crossfire when their customers were shot.
Even emergency rooms, where doctors try desperately to save the victims, are not immune. Dr. Alberto Rios was in surgery last month when gunmen barged in with assault rifles drawn, looking for two men wounded in an earlier shootout. Ciudad Juarez is now among the deadliest. It has had about 2,250 killings this year, a rate of 173 per 100,000 re
