8 Murders A Day

Juarez, a city in Mexico, is flooded with 8 Murders A Day. The average murder frequency, that used to be less than one a day in 2007, has staggeringly risen to the figure purported above.

And the most harrowing part to this entire piece of statistics is that there seems to be no end to these murders, meaning the average is only going to increase. There are reasons obviously – two of the biggest drug cartels in Mexico (the Juarez drug cartel and the Sinaloa drug cartel) are in a never-ending feud to establish smuggling routes in USA. But the feud wouldn’t get exaggerated if people do not look for illegal drugs so desperately. The demand for drugs in United States is increasing at a rapid rate, thereby putting the two alliances in dispute with each other. 8 Murders A Day looks into the lives of these groups by interviewing professionals and people from different arenas, which would include journalists, authors, professors and many such qualified personnel. In exchange of all the illegal drugs that slip into the dingy corridors of USA from Mexico, the mafia gets cash and weapons, which play havoc with the peace of Mexico.

The documentary may not point fingers at who is right and who is wrong, but it will certainly make the world aware of the disturbing circumstances that Mexico is surrounded by. If that could lead to some lives saved, we may be talking about an average murder a day – a sense that is not only downright pathetic, but is also heartbreaking.