More on Juárez

Two days ago, the federal government (in the form of Fernando Gómez Mont and Felipe Calderón) promised not to leave Juárez to its fate (which sort of implies that they had been doing so over the past two anarchic years, which is a) not exactly true and b) an odd tacit admission for the authorities to be making), and said that the whatever measures are forthcoming would be determined with the close collaboration of residents of the border city.

Today, the Chihuahua state government moved some of its operations as a way of combating the violence in the city. Also authorities in Chihuahua caught another alleged participant in the killing, who said that the orders were to fire indiscriminately on the party-goers.