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Mexico More Deadly Than Afghanistan : JunkYard Murders

  Ten thousand dead and counting: Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city that’s deadlier than Afghanistan REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez Forensic workers are seen at a crime scene where an ambulance had been attacked earlier by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez December 7, 2011. Tens of thousands of people have abandoned Ciudad Juarez, a city wrecked by Mexico’s drug…

Rivers Of Blood: Surreal Sight Of Mexico`s Drug Wars

‘Blood fountains’ The scene had an almost biblical quality to it. On May 28, the waters of Mexico City’s most famous fountain turned blood-red. It was a surreal sight, but one with a very down-to-earth message: stop Mexico’s drug war. The event was part of a grassroots campaign called “Paremos las balas, pintemos las fuentes”…