Bad times in Ciudadad Juarez

by fieldus on January 21, 2009

Heard about this reading Daniel Zalewski’s piece on Roberto Bolano in the New Yorker.

Celebrity coke abuse fuels violence against women in Mexico | The Sun |News

So far this year, at least 12 women within the “favoured age” of 15-22 and with long hair have fallen victim to the cartel’s twisted gang rites.

In February, two boys playing on the desert outskirts discovered four blood-stained women’s corpses. And in March, three mutilated female bodies — including a baby — were found in a mass grave of 36 people, butchered by the cartel.

The female police chief in charge of investigating these crimes — Commander Berenice Garcia Corall — was gunned down outside her home a month ago, with 50 bullets pumped into her chest.

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