Buildings of a housing project stand unfinished and empty in a neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez.

A state police officer patrols a new overpass during its inauguration in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez.

Evidence markers are placed near bullet casings at a crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Tomas Bravo.

Shoes and boots hang from a fence outside the town of Samalayuca, 50 km (31 miles) from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez.

A newly married couple walks past a taco stand with the sign reading «Yummy Tacos» after a mass wedding in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez.

A woman dressed as an angel holds a sign reading «Hitman, Christ loves you, repent» near the border crossing between the United States and Mexico in Ciudad Juarez, Photo by Stringer MEXICO.

Children stand at a crime scene where a man was killed near a hospital in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Tomas Bravo .

A police officer guards a crime scene where four men were gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Tomas Bravo.

Recovered drug addicts participate in a praying session at the «Outcry in the Barrio» ministry in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Tomas Bravo.

A federal policeman stands guard during an operation at a night club in downtown Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Tomas Bravo.