http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=1293004A border enforcement activist says the recent murder of three teenagers in Juarez, Mexico, is the latest evidence that the border city adjacent to El Paso, Texas, is one of the most dangerous places on the planet.
The three murdered youth were gunned down while looking at cars at a Juarez dealership. Two of the victims were U.S. citizens, but Mexican authorities have no leads on suspects or a motive for the crime that took place in a city where an ongoing turf war between two drug cartels has made everyday life extremely dangerous. Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan, who has been working on a series of reports from the border, believes Juarez is more dangerous than many locations he has visited in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"There's no question -- Juarez is one of the most dangerous cities in the world," notes Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "The murder rate there is just astronomical. It is a city that is besieged by drug lords who basically run things. They execute street justice without the slightest thought, and anybody who gets in the way is just unfortunate collateral damage."
Ira MehlmanSo he believes U.S. authorities should recognize the unstable situation afoot south of the border.
"Potentially, you could have criminal organizations that take control, if they haven't already, and they don't recognize international borders," Mehlman warns. "They are going to do what they want to do if it advances their interests, and the United States needs to protect the interests of this country and the safety and security of our citizens."
The FAIR spokesman concludes that the U.S. should treat the Mexican drug war violence as a serious threat to America's national security.
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