U.S. Consulate in Juarez unveiled; violence continues
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U.S. State Department officials unveiled a massive new consulate in Ciudad Juarez, a violent Mexican border town that is the world’s busiest for immigrant visas. The $66-million consulate building, under construction since early 2006, will open to the public in this city across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Ciudad Juarez, with a population of 1.3 million, sees near-daily shootouts and gruesome killings.
And those gruesome killings continued Monday, according to this Associated Press report, which said that ‘a man’s burned and headless body was found dumped in front of a police station. His severed hands lay next to his body, each holding kitchen lighters. A note left behind was directed to the Aztecas drug gang.’
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City