On Saturday, an official stated that Ciudad Juarez had it's bloodiest year ever with 3,111 people killed in drug violence. The city has seen its homicide rate soar to one of the highest in the world since turf battles broke out in 2008 between gangs representing the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels. In 2008, 1,587 people were killed in drug violence, and in 2009 the number increased to 2,643. The bloodiest month in Ciudad Juarez was last October when 359 people were killed related to drug war. President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against cartels when he took office in 2006 and since then more than 30,000 people have been killed in drug violence nationwide.
The recent rise in drug violence is unbelievable to me, and so many people are suffering because of it. I would think that this high activity of cartel violence has caused many people to leave the city, at least I hope people are doing that to try and stay away from the violence. Sometimes i think it would be much simpler if the drugs were just legalized so there could be some system so there wouldn't be so many slain. But legalization would just bring more problems so i really don't know what a good solution would be but i hope there is one soon. I am very thankful that I am not living there however, i can't imagine how fearful i would be just simply walking down the street.
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