The holidays in Ju-rez
The Mexican city of Ju-rez would seem to have little to celebrate this holiday season. Drug cartels there have been battling among themselves and with police. The results include 3,000 homicides in Juarez so far this year. And yet, at least one neighborhood in Ju-rez is going to celebrate Christmas. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports.
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