Murders have declined in the year Julián Leyzaola has been police chief in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, but accusations of human rights abuses have grown.

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The Saturday Profile: Mexican Police Chief Produces Results, and Scrutiny

Forty-one people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s deadliest city, in a 96-hour span, police said Tuesday. This means that one person was killed about every 2.3 hours. Among the dead was a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed in an attack meant…

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41 Killed in Four Days in Mexico

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This year’s death toll from drug-related violence in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez reaches 3,000 – 10 times the figure recorded in 2007.

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Ciudad Juarez death toll at 3,000

Mexican federal police have arrested a man who authorities say could have been involved in the March shooting deaths of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the country’s public safety ministry said.

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Arrest made in Juarez consulate killings

Three Americans died in weekend violence in the area of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a U.S. official said.

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3 Americans killed near Mexico border

Four U.S. citizens were shot to death in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexican authorities said Monday.

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4 U.S. Citizens Killed in Separate Attacks in Mexico

At least 12 young people have been shot dead at a house party in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, officials say.

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Mexico gunmen ‘kill 12 at party’

Battles in Ciudad Juarez and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico have prompted factories to close down, parents to pull children out of schools, and left a member of the Texas National Guard dead. The two cities across the border from Texas have been increasingly…

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Gun Battles Erupt Along U.S.-Mexican Border

A newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, asks drug cartels for guidance on what to publish, in the wake of the killing a 21-year-old photographer.

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Mexico paper seeks cartel clarity

No newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico has ever published an editorial directly addressed to the cartels battling for the trafficking corridor in the city. Until now. The editorial is a plea.

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Newspaper to cartels: ‘We do not want more deaths’

Mystery of young women’s disappearances in Ciudad Juarez

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Mystery of young women’s disappearances in Ciudad Juarez

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Missing in Mexico

At least two car bombs exploded Friday near the television studios of Televisa in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas state in northeastern Mexico, the station and the government-run news service reported.

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Bombs explode near Mexico TV station