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Shaul Schwarz
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"Mexico: The War Next Door"


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Award of Excellence
Shaul Schwarz
Reportage by Getty Images


"Mexico: The War Next Door"

TIJUANA, MEXICO: MARCH 9, 2009: A suspect arrested sits in the back of a truck, Federal police made arrests in connection with a shooting in Tijuana, Mexico, March 9, 2009. Tijuana is one of the major battlegrounds of the cartels in the ongoing Mexico Drug War, which has taken the lives of over 7,000 people since the beginning of 2007. The Obama administration is challenged to address Mexico's escalating war with drug cartels near the shared border.

 

 

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