Gang violence is surging in Mexico, where 40,000 soldiers have been deployed across the country to root out drug cartels. Beheadings, attacks on police, and shootings in clubs and restaurants are a daily occurrence in some regions. One of the worst areas for the violence has been the border city of Juarez, where thousands of Mexican troops are now trying to re-establish control. Driving into Mexico’s most dangerous city is slightly nerve-wracking, to say the least. There has been murder, kidnapping and extortion on a grand scale. Ciudad Juarez has not exactly been the safest place. So the first time you cross that bridge over the Rio Grande, which divides Mexico and the United States, there is a slight flutter in your stomach. Then you see the soldiers. Juarez has been flooded with troops. Thousands have arrived in the past few weeks, under direct orders from the president. The car park of the central police station is full – with army vehicles. Several lorries drive in with two-dozen camouflaged troops in the back. Pickups head out, with soldiers standing on the tailgate, guns at the ready. Army officers give the troops their […]