Letter From Juarez
Baghdad, Mexico
It’s time we saw El Paso’s sister city for what it is—a war zone.
2 comments
Saturday, January 17th, 2009, 1:59 pm
Krissy says:
Every city along the Texas/Mexico border is at risk. This greed really makes a killing off of the border and its tragic that the police there are under the control of organized crime. If it really is drug trafficking that keeps them in this business then maybe legalizing the production of marijuana for example in the Unites States might alleviate the trafficking. Unfortunately the difficult immigration process fuels human trafficking and it will be a long time before people can be safe in those cities.
Sunday, December 21st, 2008, 11:44 pm
Alejandro del Castillo says:
While violence is indeed out of control I believe the comparison is a stretch. While I do believe the situation is terrible and amount of executions is a scandal, to go as far as to state that Mexico is a failed state is an unfair stretch. Yes, corruption permeates municipal, state and (in a lesser degree) federal governments. However, institutions are in place and there is a working government. Also, the premise of the article is to compare Cd. Juarez with Baghdad, but only comparing US casualties vs. executions in Juarez. Again, I found this to be more on the "lets shock with a punch line" side. I welcome that the US media finally decided to report on what is going on in Mexico, and that it does phrase the situation as a bilateral problem. However, a fairs comparison should be made.
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