yeah, i was working down near juarez a while back, and people warned me to stay away from a certain exit as it would put you on the other side of the border in juarez before you could flip a bitch. even the mexicans did not want to go to juarez. not even the allure of cigarettes at $1-$2 per pack could convince me to cross the border.americans have no idea how bad it is in mexico b/c the news in the US doesn't report most of what happens in juarez.
a friend of mine from over there said that shootouts leaving 20-30 ppl dead are not uncommon. and if you think the 'authorities' in the US are fucked up, mexico is on another level:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101225/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_uncovering_cover_ups