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 Editorials | Issues | January 2008 
Juárez's Homicide Rate Doubles in New Year
 Louie Gilot - El Paso Times
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| "These problems between organized groups of criminals are very difficult to prevent. It's something going on between them."
- Jaime Torres. | | |
Four men were killed in Juárez early Monday, continuing what has been a particularly bloody beginning of the year in Juárez.
With the shootings, there have been 24 homicides in Juárez in the first 14 days of 2008 - or 1.7 homicide per day, double the average of 0.8 homicides per day last year. In comparison, there has only been one homicide in El Paso since Jan. 1.
Many of the victims in Juárez were young men and died in what appeared to be drug- and gang-related incidents.
"These problems between organized groups of criminals are very difficult to prevent. It's something going on between them," said Juárez municipal police spokesman Jaime Torres.
The last four homicides stem from two separate incidents Monday.
In the first, Juárez police said that they were called to the scene of a gun fight on Zafra and Cruz streets at about 4:40 a.m. They said they found the bodies of three unidentified men next to a blue, 1991 Plymouth Voyager. The men ranged in age from about 17 to about 30. Police said they think two of the three men were brothers. They died of bullet wounds.
At about 5 a.m., police went to the scene of another reported gun fight and found the body of a 30- to 35-year-old man wrapped in a brown blanket at the corner of Cotija and Caracuaro streets. The man, also unidentified Monday afternoon, died of gunshot wounds.
Louie Gilot may be reached at lgilot(at)elpasotimes.com |
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