Security & Strategic Review November 2010 (ISSN 1741-4202)

MEXICO | Violence eases in Juárez. The federal public security ministry (SSP) reported that over the past two months the number of deaths attributed to the inter-cartel fighting in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, had almost halved, from 299 cases in October to 150 in November. The ministry linked this to the fact that since 9 April public security in Juárez has been in the hands of a 5,000-strong contingent of federal police officers.

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