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TEAM COVERAGE: Juarez Violence Crosses into Popular Bar District

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TEAM COVERAGE: Juarez Violence Crosses into Popular Bar District

By KTSM News 1

Friday, May 9th, 2008 - The shooting of five people at the Paso Del Norte bridge has rocked the Juarez club strip, and now businesses that count on tourist dollars are worried.  It has been a very violent 24 hours in Juarez. Aside from the 5 shot on the strip, a Juarez police commander was also attacked. He was fired on along with two other officers. The commander had just been promoted that morning. And in Palomas, Mexico two state police officers were also attacked. In total, 8 police officers have be attacked or fired on in the past 24 hours.