I worked as a LEO in West Texas and it is not widelyt published for political reasons that there has been numerous serial style murders ( I have heard the term epidemic rate used ) in Juarez and other border towns on top of the already numerous usual style murders.
There has also been a jump in kidnappings of caucasion females. This was a major factor in my relocating so I took my 2 pre-teen daughters and vamanosed.
For anyone who has not been to Juarez, Ojinaga, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, or Piedra Negras in teh last decade or two it is an eye opening experience. If you get off the "established tourist paths" ( which I did for my job )you are taking a great risk. The barrios have become a breeding ground for all those that walk on all fours or slither.
It is really horrid.