Heroin addicts shoot up along the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande River in Juarez, Mexico the US border is seen in the background

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Heroin addicts shoot up along the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande River in Juarez, Mexico January 16, 2009 as the US border is seen in the background. An ongoing drug war between cartels for control of the drug routes into the US killed 1600 people in Juarez last year and already 40 since the start of the new year making the city the most violent in Mexico. (Photo by Richard Ellis)

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Location: Juarez, Mexico
Photo credit: © Ellisphotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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