It is never good when innocent people, especially children get caught in the cross fire of the drug war being waged in Ciudad Juarez. It is heart breaking to hear of such tragedy and it's such a sensless act of violence when a child who is truly innocent is killed. We have seen sicarios (hitmen) kill family members of intended targets, including children and women. They do this to send a message to others and to emposed brutal punishment to the intended target. It is a ruthless business on the other side of the border.
A 7-year-old Glen Cove Elementary School third-grader was attempting to run away from gunmen when he was shot several times in the back, Juárez police say.
The same gunmen had just shot and killed his father.
The boy, Raul Xazziel Ramirez-Ramirez, is the youngest student from an El Paso school to die in the savage and unrelenting war among rival drug cartels in Juárez. The death toll this year has already reached a little more than 2,200.
Raul was reportedly visiting his father in Juárez when he was gunned down.
Raul lived with his aunt and uncle in El Paso and this was his first semester at Glen Cove Elementary in East El Paso. Counseling was offered to students and teachers at the school.
The fatal shootings happened at Bernardo Norzagaray and Arroyo de las Víbores streets just before 7:55 p.m. Friday.
