EL PASO — A 7-year-old Glen Cove Elementary School third-grader was attempting to run away from gunmen when he was shot several times in the back, Juárez police say.
The same gunmen had just shot and killed his father.
The boy, Raul Xazziel Ramirez-Ramirez, is the youngest student from an El Paso school to die in the savage and unrelenting war among rival drug cartels in Juárez. The death toll this year has already reached a little more than 2,200.
Raul was reportedly visiting his father in Juárez when he was gunned down.
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2007 – 300 killings
2008 – 1600
2009 – 2200 (YTD)
At this rate, it won’t be too long until the Mexican drug war will make the Iraq/Afghanistan wars seem like a bad Christmas shopping trip to Walmart. Remember when Juarez was a sleepy little tourist town? See “Silver Or Lead”, a documentary on this subject. You can watch it on your computer if you’re a Netflix member.