Good Friday gore

The mayhem is still rolling along in Chihuahua. Last week there was reported the murder of an agrarian leader near Casas Grandes, now we have eight brand-new shootings in Cd. Juárez and the police chief of Palomas seeking sanctuary in New Mexico after he was threatened. Palomas used to be a quiet little town where you could slip over and have a drink and dinner and pick up a jug. It has become a staging point for all kinds of contraband.

Ciudad Juárez was anything but calm, as police reported the eight killings on a day when long lines of traffic snaked through the city with Holy Week shoppers eager to cross international bridges into El Paso.

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