Investigators inspect the body of one of two men killed in Tierra Nueva, a graffiti-stained neighborhood of dirt streets and concrete shacks in south Ciudad Juarez. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)From The L.A. Times:
Two journalists visiting Ciudad Juarez for three days find that death is always just around the corner. Killings in 2008: 1,350, and counting.
Reporting from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -- The two victims rest at the same 45-degree angle, embraced by seat belts that at this moment seem an odd precaution, given the manner of death.
Gunmen had pulled alongside the forest-green Chevy Tahoe on a gritty downtown street and, in broad daylight, pumped 52 shots into where the bodies now lean.
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My Comment: Yup .... the city of Ciudad Juarez is more dangerous than most Iraqi cities. A point that our mass news media is always ignoring.
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