Police in Mexico say a suspected cartel leader they arrested on Friday has confessed to ordering the murder of 1, 500 people in the northern city of Juarez.

墨西哥警方称，他们上周五逮捕的一名卡特尔头目嫌疑人已经供认下令在北部城市华雷斯谋杀1,500人。

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Mexican officials say at least 17 people have been killed and another four injured in an armed clash in a prison in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez.

墨西哥官员称，在北部城市华雷斯城一所监狱发生武装冲突，至少造成17人死亡，另外4人受伤。

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The best parts of Charles Bowden's description of a bloody year in Ciudad juarez, by some counts the world's most murderous city, are also in its details.

华雷斯市被一些人归为全球最凶残的城市，在查尔斯·鲍登关于华雷斯市血腥一年的描述中，其最佳部分也在其细节。

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Investigators in Mexico say the detained suspect claims the ambush of a US couple near the Juarez city hall on Saturday,March 13, was carried out as an act of retribution against Arthur Redelfs, who worked as an El Paso County Sheriff's detention officer and was accused by gang members of mistreating their compatriots there.

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At one point,there were as many as 300 people a day being deported through Juarez, which has gained a reputation as the most dangerous city in the world outside a war zone.

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Although face masks, which have become a common sight in Mexico City, are worn by only a few people on the streets of Juarez,pharmacies say they are doing a brisk business selling them.

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In Ciudad Juarez, a city of 1 .3 million, multinational corporations and drug cartels are working to expand their operations, but during the day, the city hums with quiet efficiency.

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More than 10, 500 killings since 2008 in Juarez a city of about 1.3 million people made it one of the deadliest cities in the world.

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Ciudad Juarez is the most violent city in Mexico, with 3, 100 people killed in 2010 out of a population of more than a million.

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