MEXICO: Big News In Juarez...Nobody Was Murdered Today!

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On October 30, Cuidad Juarez's biggest newspaper headlined: "Not one person murdered," the first time in 10 months without a slaying. Yet by the end of that day, 9 people were killed. Ciudad Juarez is now among the deadliest cities in the world with about 2,250 killings this year, or 173 per 100,000 residents. That compares with 37 per 100,000 in Baltimore, the U.S. deadliest city. Violence began in early 2008, when Sinaloa drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Juarez drug leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes began a fight over drug routes their organizations had once shared. Now violent death is part of everyday life there despite a massive infusion of troops.

MEXICO: Labelling Drug Gangster Guzman As "Powerful" Rankles Mexicans.

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Many Mexicans were upset this week to read that Joaquin Guzman, aka El Chapo,was listed by Forbes as No.41 of the 67 most powerful people in the world. The other Mexican listed was Carlos Slim at No. 4. "For a U.S. publication to distinguish Slim and El Chapo, far from filling us with pride, should make us reflect," journalist Miguel Angel Granados Chapa noted. "The two figures embody our worst evils: Slim represents the extreme of deep, growing inequality, and Guzman embodies the prosperous [life of] crime and impunity."

Mexican Mountain Drug Hideout Discovered.

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The Mexican media has published photos of a secluded, camouflaged 22 cabin complex in Durango's mountains, outfitted with satellite television and high-speed Internet.

The newspaper Reforma said the cabin may have been used by top fugitive Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, or his top associates.