week in review: Drug killings lead to bloody weekend in Tijuana

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fri 11/21/2008

week-in-review-drug-killings-lead-to-bloody-weekend-in-tijuana A police officer in Tijuana, México stands on a street during a patrol.

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This week's top story: Eleven people, including a teenage girl, were killed in drug-related violence within a 24-hour period last weekend in Tijuana, México. The girl, who was 14 years old, was shot dead with two others while walking down a street at night.

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How do you feel about the drug violence taking place in México? Have you ever experienced life in a violent community? What do you think will happen in México over the next few months and years?

14 responses to “week in review: Drug killings lead to bloody weekend in Tijuana”

i personally think that es una lastima.. that so many victims can get hurt in such a short period of time.. its seems as if thier were no justice system in Mexico.. its really sad.. im glad to live in a community were there seems to me a more stable government and officials dealing with such tragedies.. im not saying it doesnt happen where i live .. PERO ELEVEN PPL?!.. and all drug-related.. lets just say.. we really take for granted the sense of security we have en nuestra communidad..

[[**yara**]]

11/22/2008

i feel that the police in mexico can do so much more work nd they could try nd stop them..... right know the community i live in is full of gang violence nd drug violence its bad

Puertorican Princess

11/22/2008

I think Mexico is doing as much as they can considering they have a very limited amount of resources. Also the Drug game in mexico is a 20-50 billion dollar industry so dont expect all these people to just lay down..... Also i live in a violent community and it is what it is! people get shot killed or maimed all the time. Its nothing new its jut something that happens.. Cops cant do anything we got like 20 cops for a town of like 30,000+ so its a losing battle even with help from local police agencies i still live in what some people call "The Small Town Cemetery" aka murder captial of the U.S(well in 1994-96) aka East Palo Alto. all you can do is keep yo head up and hope for the best

Mrjam7

11/22/2008

I FEEL DAT DA DRUG VIOLENCE IN MEXICO IZ SOOO BAD & IDK WAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT OVER DA NEXT MONTH OR YR. BUT I HOPE IT STOPS... :S

sugar123~Br0wn!3!

(Chicago,IL)

11/22/2008

violent community? nyc is violent every where and yea there r gun shots every week and i just saw saw som1 on the ground the other day so im use 2 it. i realy dont think anything major will happen over there except maybe more cops.

nycjay17

11/22/2008

This is getting ridiculous. Thank God I have only lived in calm places like Alaska, Delaware and so on. Therefore I've never witnessed such a crime first-handedly. At this point, I really can't say what will happen to Mexico but they are def in my prayers.

Nelly

11/22/2008

Where I live is so quiet no crime no drugs... I can't imagine how it would be to love somewhere like that. With all the things going on in Mexico it's just scary to even think of going ever. I think it's a shame and I hope that it will change soon.