Along the border that connects the United States of America and Mexico lies Ciudad Juarez. An infamous border town that is known for a great many reason, not all being pleasant. Juarez, as is called by locals, is right across the town of El Paso, Texas. Being so close to the United States has made Juarez, and the state of Chihuahua, a very popular place for companies to invest money. Unfortunately, it also makes it favorable territory for the drug cartels in the region. The two at war for the city being Sinaloa and Juarez. These two organizations, along with the original shady local government of the town, aided in the blossom of intense violence in the form of femicide, gang killings and very violent and public murders beginning in the early …show more content…
A majority of this work comes from international companies that are wanting to take advantage of the large labor force that is available in border towns of Mexico. This stability and availability of work in Juarez allows many of the locals to have a stable income, and this means they are less likely to move north like many other to seek work since they have it already. In 2012, soon after violence began a large drop in the city, an estimated 20,000 jobs were created just from the opening of more factories. Thus, sending Juarez into a booming state that is expected to continue the growth of the city and the state. However, before 2012 and the fall of violence in Juarez, jobs began to slowly fall due to the local politics. On top of the violence in the city, criminal organizations also resorted to the use of extortion to offer “protection” to business in exchange for a fee . Eventually, many businesses began to shut their doors in the town. With a loss of jobs, it made sense that more and more people would leave the town or resort to participating in criminal activities to make …show more content…
In 2007 homicide related deaths was only 320. This number shot up to 1,623 in 2008,. For that year violence was the number one principle cause of death for people living in Juarez. The next two following years fared no better as Ciudad Juarez was reported as the number one most violent city in the world. The daily average of people killed a day were 4.4 in 2008, 7.5 in 2009, and 9.9 in 2010. This brought massive amounts of attention from global media for those years and forced the hand of government officials to find an end to the problem. Realizing that the major contributor to this violence came from the feuding Sinaloa and Juarez cartels, the state and national government employed multiple tactics to try and settle the issues quickly. By 2009, the point in which major actions were being taken to reduce the violence around 7,500 soldiers were stationed in the city. However, local government corruption also resulted in the increase of violence because a large amount of law enforcement was suspected of being under cartel payrolls to allow for their actions to slide by. The acknowledgement of this activity led to the expulsion of nearly 800 police officers suspected to have fallen to corruption. Following this, a plan to nearly double the force was started so that a reduction in military presence could take