Forensic experts perform autopsies on victims of drug shootings and assignations at the Juarez City Forensic Lab Juarez, Mexico

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A Forensic expert wheels a recent victim of a drug related assignations at the Juarez City Forensic Lab in Juarez, Mexico January 16, 2009. An ongoing drug war has already claimed more than 40 people since the start of the year. More than 1600 people were killed in Juarez in 2008, making Juarez the most violent city in Mexico. (Photo by Richard Ellis)

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Location: Juarez, Mexico
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
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