There has been a surge of violence in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, with 43 people murdered in and around it in the last three days. About 1,300 people have been murdered in the border city since the start of the year. Most of the killings are believed to be drug related. Earlier this year the government sent thousands of troops to the city in an effort to contain the violence.
Bar attack
A family of three were the latest victims of the rash of killings that is currently taking place in Ciudad Juarez.
A man was driving his wife and their four-year-old son along a highway near the city when their car was sprayed with automatic gunfire. The father and child were killed instantly, the mother is in hospital.
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i think the us army needs to go and help the people from mexico not the police because the police is the one that is behind everything thats why they dont ask for help they dont want people to know the truth they are the ones killing people alot of my friends have ben killed from juarez and they are not in drugs there is alot of inocent people dieing please us go help dont ask them just do it