http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
The attacks raised to 30 the number of homicides in Ciudad Juarez in just four days. The city is one of the world's most violent, with 1,900 people killed in drug-related attacks this year alone.
Earlier this year, the 12th Air Force barred airmen from traveling in Mexico's Chihuahua state. Soldiers from Fort Bliss, just outside El Paso, Texas, across the border from Juarez, also are barred from going to Chihuahua.