Once named the world'smurder capitalAccording to local reports In Juarez, Mexico, there have been 400 murders so far in 2022. This is because drug violence has hit the problematic border cities again.
Last month alone,reported El Paso that 60 people were killed, including four attacks in Denny's, a town across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. {twenty one} .
Some shooters set foot in a busy restaurant at lunch and fired at the cafeteria. Frightened patrons hid thevideo captured by the KFOX-TV showunder the table.
The wave of violence has been blamed for the feud of drug gangs, state officials say. Today, Sinaloa, Juarez and Jalisco New Generation Cartels are all vying for control of Juarez, an important gateway to the United States. In May,107 murders were reported, most of which are related to cartel violence.
In another recent massacre, five people, including 17 years old, were killed in Juarez's house, but 8 and 10 years old were spared,reported to The Times.
The Governor of Chihuahua is a state police and dedicated law enforcement agency. Deployed a helicopter that patrols Juarez after the shooting of Denny's. Reinforcements continue to monitor shopping areas, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
Cartel violence has spread to other parts of Chihuahua,two priests and tour guides have been killed by local members of theSinaloa drug cartel..
