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April 4, 2011

Rights Group Says Thousands Missing in Mexico Since 2006 
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Mexican authorities say at least 20 people have been killed in Ciudad
Juárez since Thursday. In at least three separate incidents, men armed
with guns and Molotoz cocktails targeted two bars and an outdoor food
stand. According to Mexican police, a 10-year-old boy was among the
victims of the violence. Ciudad Juárez experienced more than 3,100
homicides in 2010. The killings are largely attributed to the activity
of drug cartels in the region. Meanwhile, a Mexican human rights
organization claims nearly 5,400 people have gone missing since
President Felipe Calderón initiated the country’s war on drugs in
2006. A U.N. report claims government security forces may have played a
role in some of the disappearances.



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