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| The Surge: Mexican soldiers fill Juarez streets |
| 2009-03-03 |
| Monday the government announced an additional 3200 troops to patrol the city, for a total of 8000. Sergio Lozano Renteria, 37, a Juarez native said "I haven't seen the Army make a difference. Things are getting worse every day, and every day more and more people get killed." A fruit vendor who requested anonymity said, "If things don't change, I think you will see every citizen carrying a gun soon." So far in 2009, more than 300 homicides have been committed in Juarez, including nine last weekend. In 2008, about 1,600 people died violently. The troops are wearing new uniforms to distinguish them from drug cartel gunman, who also wear military style fatigues. U.S. citizens rarely visit Juarez. "We need the gringitos to come back," said Maria Guadalupe Santiago Gutierrez. "The violence is not aimed at them, and if you are not involved in the drug business, nothing will happen to you. Please put that in the paper. People in El Paso don't understand that if they don't come buy things from us, we don't eat." |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 "We need the gringitos to come back," Why would I cross an international border to buy Mexican whey I can drive to the Home Depot parking lot and rent all I want? |
| Posted by: ed 2009-03-03 21:40 |
| #3 maybe the gringos will come back. What division is stationed at Ft. Bliss now? I was stationed at Beumont hospital in El Paso after coming back from Nam. Couldn't tell much difference between the culture in Juarez and the one outside the gate at Tan Son Nhut. |
| Posted by: bman 2009-03-03 12:29 |
| #2 This will not end well. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-03-03 11:43 |
| #1 "The violence is not aimed at them, and if you are not involved in the drug business, nothing will happen to you. Please put that in the paper. People in El Paso don't understand that if they don't come buy things from us, we don't eat." Well, those countless years of hassling and extorting the gringos by the local corrupt police didn't help either amigo. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-03 09:21 |