sad, despair but yet still some hope... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/s...in-city-of-violence.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all#
It's getting a bit better. 3 weeks ago I was able to visit for the first time in 4 years. Everything was still boarded up, but there seemed to be more people being out and about. Not a native Juarense, but I hope that it keeps improving.