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News (Media Awareness Project) - Mexico: Deployment of Elite 'Red Beret' Paratroopers Unit Is Latest Effort to St
Title:Mexico: Deployment of Elite 'Red Beret' Paratroopers Unit Is Latest Effort to St
Published On:2009-11-23
Source:El Paso Times (TX)
Fetched On:2009-12-02 12:23:22
DEPLOYMENT OF ELITE 'RED BERET' PARATROOPERS UNIT IS LATEST EFFORT TO
STEM JUAREZ VIOLENCE

The latest attempts to bring law and order to Juarez include a noise
campaign by the Autonomous University of Juarez and the deployment of
an elite "Red Beret" paratroopers unit to the violence-ravaged city.

Chihuahua Joint Operation officials said a total of 2,500 soldiers
from Mexico City, including paratrooper and infantry units, began
arriving in Juarez during the past few days.

The soldiers are supposed to help beef up local police patrols and
gather intelligence about organized crime. They are expected to remain
in Juarez for at least the next six weeks.

Jorge Quintana Silveyra, president of the Autonomous University of
Juarez, called on the community to express its solidarity today with
the university and demand peace and safety by honking car horns,
blowing whistles, ringing bells, or using any instrument to make noise
for a minute.

The university's Web site at www.uacj.mx said the campaign will last
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. During the past two years, three professors were
killed and two female students disappeared, officials said.

Jose Alfonso Martinez Lujan, 38, an administrator and economics
professor, became the latest victim when he was attacked Nov. 13 by an
armed commando. No one has been arrested for the murder.

Nearly 4,000 people have been killed in Juarez since December 2006
when the government declared war against Mexico's drug cartels. The
border city has become the center of a bloody drug-trafficking turf
battle between the Carrillo Fuentes and the Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman
cartels.

Despite the soldiers' presence, the murders by armed assailants
continued unabated. During the weekend, 11 people were murdered,
including a 14-year-old boy and two women.

Authorities said the body of Refugio Garcia Acosta, 51, who was shot
to death, was discovered late Saturday at Cafeto and Morelos, in the
Insurgentes subdivision.

Officials provided the following details about other victims who died
Sunday in five separate attacks:

Julio Martinez Ibarra, 48, was shot to death, found at Salmon Acosta
Babylon and Maria Rojas, in the Carlos Castillo Peraza
subdivision.

Leonel Hernandez Felix, 36, and Manuel Hernandez Martinez, 14; both
shot to death, were found at Yepomera and Hacienda de Remanso, in the
Torres Universidad subdivision.

Three bodies of as yet unidentified people were found at Mesa Central
and Mar de Plata in the Parajes del Sur subdivision. Officials said
they were shot to death, and included a man between 30 and 35 years
old, a woman between 30 and 35 years old and a second woman between 25
and 30 years old.

Cesar Samaniego was one of three men found dead in the Ampliacion
Aeropuerto subdivision; no details on the other two were provided.
They died from gunshot wounds.

An unidentified man in the Salvarcar subdivision also was shot to
death.

Business organizations are continuing to explore ways to bring the
United Nations to the border, as observers or for a peacekeeping mission.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has said the United Nations is not
needed.
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