Borderzine (https://borderzine.com/tag/war-on-drugs-conference/)
EL PASO — As the drug cartel violence in Ciudad Juárez continues to escalate, the news media on both sides of the border has continued to cover it. But now, the violence has spread to the newsrooms —getting the story is a job and a danger.
“Uno de cada siete niños en nuestros salones de clases tiene un padre bajo libertad condicional o encarcelado por abuso de sustancias o algo similar”, dijo preocupada Carolyn Esparza, fundadora y directora ejecutiva de Community Solutions of El Paso.
EL PASO — While the death-toll rises and fear grips the citizens of the El Paso/Juarez border due to the mounting violence of warring drug cartels, El Paso’s leaders are not resigned to do nothing.
Tras 40 años de que el presidente Nixon proclamara que Estados Unidos se encontraba en una guerra contra las drogas, actualmente la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México vive en un grito desesperado por el descontrol del uso de drogas y la ineficacia de la política actual.
With violence at an all time high, a two-day conference that starts at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will reevaluate this “war” the nation has been fighting.