Police inaction blamed for sky-high murder rate in Mexican city
(NEWSER) - Last weekend was bloody even by Ciudad Juarez standards. Gunmen killed 41 people in the Mexican city in the 4-day period beginning last Thursday, including 15 people killed in two attacks on bars, and a 10-year-old boy killed during an attack aimed at his father, CNN reports. By comparison, New Orleans—which has a population roughly the same size and the highest murder rate in the US—had 175 murders the whole of last year. More»
