Politics & Government
A Mexican federal police agent keeps his trigger finger poised in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 8, 2010. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Most of the bars, shops and restaurants in the Pronaf Zone of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, have shut down because of the drug-related crime lashing the border city. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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In a tourist area of Ciudad Juarez, only a few bars and restaurants have stayed in business. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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During daytime, plenty of people still walk around the main square of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, but come nightfall most everyone heads indoors to safety. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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A man reads from the Bible, April 7, 2010, outside a colonial building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Mexican federal police patrol Ciudad Juarez from the open-air bed of a pick-up truck on April 8, 2010. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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Gangs in Ciudad Juarez set this house afire when the owner refused an extortion demand. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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"For rent" signs dot the city of Ciudad Juarez, a measure of the Mexican border city's crisis. (Tim Johnson/MCT)
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