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Chihuahua, Mexico

Governor escapes gunmen: Gunmen fired on the convoy of Chihuahua Gov. Jose Reyes Baeza Terrazas this week, missing their target but killing one of his bodyguards. Chihuahua is home to Juarez, the Mexican city with the deadliest drug gang war. Last week, Juarez Police Chief Roberto Orduña Cruz bowed to cartel demands that he resign; the gangs had said they would kill one police officer every 48 hours until Cruz stepped down, and he did so after the first officer was killed. Drug dealers are now threatening to kill Juarez Mayor José Reyes Ferriz and his family, including relatives who live in the U.S., unless he fires other top police officers. Some 1,600 people died in Chihuahua last year in drug-related violence. More than 300 have been killed so far this year.

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