Murder City_ Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields - Charles Bowden [147]
“The El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau understands the recent events in neighboring Juárez are unsettling for some. However, it is important to note that historically there has been virtually no crime committed against tourists to El Paso or the city of Juárez,” bureau spokesman Pifas Silva said in a statement.
Friday afternoon, a father and son were killed in a hail of 67 bullets along a street in Palomas, across the border from Columbus, N.M., Chihuahua state police said.
Arnoldo Carreon Renteria, 57, and his son Damian Arnoldo Carreon, 25, were getting into their pickup, with New Mexico plates, when they were shot.
Los Angeles Times/Associated Press, May 10, 2008
MEXICO’S FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF GRILLED HIS KILLER
Millán Gómez was shot eight times at close range as bodyguards accompanied him to his home in Mexico City shortly after midnight Thursday. Mexican media reported Friday that authorities suspect that Millán Gómez was betrayed by someone who knew his plans and movements. Millán Gómez asked, “Who sent you? Who sent you to kill me?”
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1. Abandoned dormitory at the CIAD #8 Rehabilitation Center in Colonia 1st of September where an armed commando murdered eight inmates on August 13, 2008.
2. Manuel, an inmate of the Vision in Action asylum for the mentally ill in Ciudad Juárez, tried to kill his mother during an attack of schizophrenia. He lost his mind after years of drug abuse.
3. Patio of the House of Death where Mexican Federal Police unearthed 12 bodies in January 2004. An undercover informant for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) participated in some of the killings and apparently transmitted information to ICE agents in El Paso by a wire hidden on his body.
4. Pastor José Antonio Galván, right, and inmates at the Vision in Action asylum, celebrate a birthday.
5. Military patrol along Juárez Avenue after a triple execution took place a few meters from the border at the Paso del Norte/Santa Fe bridge on May 8, 2008.
6. The aftermath of an attack on prayer service at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Juárez that killed eight and wounded five. Witnesses said the attackers wore military-style uniforms.
7. La Esperanza rehabilitation center in Juárez where addicts, prostitutes, homosexuals, and homeless people gather daily for meals. The center closed after receiving constant threats that it would be attacked.
8. Weapons confiscated by the army from presumed narco-traffickers, June 29, 2009.
9. Fifty Juárez police officers protest arbitrary arrests and false drug possession charges against fellow officers by the army, March 31, 2008.
10. A double execution in the southeastern region of the city, June 25, 2009.
11. Gang members under arrest for shooting a rival, the blood still on their hands, March 23, 2008.
12. Physicians, dentists, nurses, veterinarians, X-ray specialists, and lab technicians protest kidnappings, extortions, armed assaults, and robberies against the medical community in Juárez. The police were ineffective in preventing the crimes and were also accused of being the perpetrators, December 12, 2008.
13. A pregnant woman who washed cars for a living is caught in the crossfire and murdered during a car chase and shooting, June 3, 2008.
14. Alejandro and Refugio Irigoyen (center), learn of the death of their son, 19-year-old Jaime Alejandro Irigoyen. On January 12, 2009, men dressed as soldiers abducted the university law student and baseball player at his home. His body was discovered on January 14 while family and friends were protesting against the Mexican Army at the entrance to the military base.
15. A woman arrives at the scene where her husband, an alleged drug pusher, was shot. The pregnant woman and her three children rushed to the hospital where the man died.
16. Students, academics, and activists protest the murder of university professor Manuel Arroyo at