[Updated at 7:17 p.m.] At least 15 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, as drug-related violence goes unabated, authorities said.
Police found seven young men killed in two locations in Juarez, police spokesman Jacinto Seguro told CNN.
Earlier Wednesday, eight men were shot to death outside a bar in what has become one of the country's deadliest cities, the state attorney general's office said.
It was the second violent day in a row that the city witnessed.
On Tuesday, 10 people were killed, Seguro said, including three who were shot outside a supermarket. Another victim, identified as Marin Orosco, was killed outside a mall hours later.
In all, 25 people were killed in a 24-hour period, Seguro said.
Ciudad Juarez is the most violent city in the nation, with more than 2,600 drug-related deaths in 2009. No official numbers are available for this year, but more than 400 killings have been reported by local media.
The city, long the focal point of President Felipe Calderon's battle against drug cartels, came to renewed prominence after the January 31 killings of 15 people, most of them students with no links to organized crime. The massacre sparked outrage throughout Mexico and drew worldwide attention.
In another incident that drew widespread attention, three people associated with the U.S. Consulate in Juarez were gunned down in two shootings last month. Two of the victims, including a pregnant woman, were U.S. citizens living in El Paso, Texas.
Arrests were made this week in the recent killings of federal police officers in Juarez, Seguro said. The suspects, members of the Juarez cartel, deny they were involved in the killings, he said.
[Posted at 3:04 p.m.] Eight men were shot to death early Wednesday morning outside a bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, one of the country's deadliest cities, the state attorney general's office said.
The victims, who remained unidentified, were shot outside the Aristos night club about 4:35 a.m., office spokesman Vladimir Tuexi told CNN.
Authorities recovered 12 shell casings at the scene, all 9 mm, he said.
Police were looking for a motive.
According to Chihuahua state police, the victims all had gunshot wounds to the head. Four of the victims were teenagers, three were in their early to mid-20s. The eighth man was about 40 years old, police said.
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kyle..
I have never used illegal drugs. I have a good job and I pay taxes. I believe legalization like as we did with alcohol before is the only true way to control these drugs.
history and common sense speak for legalization.
very surprised billy bob is reading this story with his agenda
who cares, we need the army on the border!
GO Arizona....Stay out of Mexico....hopefully many other states will adopt the same and stricter laws.Death to Illegals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this sums it up pretty well....
http://i.imgur.com/i3vKl.gif
People like Eric can go live in Mexico where they decriminalized all of that dope.
Yeah ask the Indians, lol, they don't take all they can get or anything. This country is soft and just like a wounded animal it will get eaten. We need to get back to our roots or we are going to be a thing of the past. America used to be hard working immigrants that got their citizenship and when they were able to make it on their own they quit public assistance, not anymore now all the immigrants work hard to steal what ever they can and take all the handouts. Sure this is generalizing and yes I understand that their all bad people in every group, so lets weed them out as best as possible and go from there.
This thread is up to 459 and STILL not one person has stated why Alcohol is legal and Marijuana illegal. I guess we all know it is all a giant propaganda SCAM being perpetrated on the American people. They flood the airwaves with scantly clad women drinking Bud Light and plaster Jack Daniels on a RACE CAR for gods sake but heaven forbid we smoke a plant.
Is this a screwed up backwards hypocritical country or WHAT??
I weep for the species.
No thanks, I'll stay right here where it will be legal soon. You can go to Mexico if you don't like the fact that hemp will be legal soon. 14 states done and 36 to go. Thank you very much.
how about... just stop using drugs!
I recall a country who made some of it's citizens carry papers around with them all the time. It was called Nazi Germany.
I know a good place for Kyle. IRAN. They decapitate drug users. He would be right at home with his self righteous medieval beliefs huh??
Agreed.
OK – agreed, Mexico and the US both have dangerous places and violent people. When is the last time you saw 8 people killed in deliberate style with bullets to the head!!!! In the US it would be back in the days of Al Capone – in the 1920's. In Mexico border towns it is every week now. Arizona is right on target. Calif, NM and Tex will follow shortly – legislators will get too much pressure. If US citizens are doing it, we prosecute in our courts, but why would we let ANYONE come across our borders to do this!!!!!!!!!