20 people killed in Mexican border city
Pastor Dale Morgan
20 people killed in Mexican border city*
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 25, 2008; 3:54 PM
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Police say 20 people have been killed in less
than three days in this crime-ridden border city's latest wave of violence.
State police spokesman Cesar Ramirez says a father and son who were
killed at their home while sleeping were among the victims. A third
victim was a man whose body was cut up in pieces and dumped in an empty lot.
Ramirez says that this year alone more than 500 people have been killed
in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
The city is home to the powerful Juarez drug cartel and has been among
the hardest-hit cities in an explosion of violence across Mexico.
President Felipe Calderon has deployed 25,000 troops across the country
to wrest territory from drug gangs, which have fought back with bold
attacks.