The Siege of Ciudad Juárez

Drug War: The Siege of Ciudad Juarez
Eros Hoagland for TIME

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The increased presence of army and police on the streets of Juárez was credited with reducing the murder rate in the city from 10 a day to five per day in March 2009.

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