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Subscribe to RSSIt's nice to see the fire department helping these children have a merry Christmas when they believe it's too dangerous for St. Nick to come this year. Read more here.
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A child bundles up against the cold as she waits with her family for care packages filled with wooden horses, dolls and stuffed animals in Ciudad Juarez, early morning, Dec.24. Children in Ciudad Juarez are telling a dark joke this Christmas: Even Santa Claus is too scared to stop in Mexico's most violent city because drug gangs will charge extortion fees on his toys. So, firefighters took Santa's place, trying to bring some holiday cheer to the beleaguered city across from El Paso, Texas, where more than 3,000 people have been killed in drug violence this year.
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A fire-fighter unloads children's bicycles from a truck in Ciudad Juarez on Dec. 24.
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A boy carries his gift as fire-fighters look on in Ciudad Juarez on Dec. 24.
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Who you think paid for the toys???
The Fire dept. handed them out only.
I hope the good old American gun sellers and NRA who are making a killing off the drug war helped pay for them. Good for the children no matter what country.
where is the Mexiacn government?
Who do you think is selling the drug lords the weapons to kill, The NRA and American gun sellers. Hopefully they chipped in but i doubt it.
Fire fighters have always been my heroes. They beat Santa any day. And I like their uniforms better, too!
Bless them all. Happy holidays.
Feliz Navidad to the children of Juarez!
For Christs sake this is a border town, there are people in Juarez with family in El Paso, family in the middle east fighting for America. This town wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for the US, we encourage those people to live there so that we can exploit them.
Did you know that my friends and relatives here on the Zuni Reservation hate you damn Texans more than you do the Mexicans? It's true, show your honky ass here and it will be in jail before dark. I got a new Texas license plate today for Christmas to use for target practice, but instead I am going to send the Nagnasty after the owner for dumping his trash on my reservation.
So if you're Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian, or Middle Eastern you can show your ass on the reservation and not have it in jail before dark?
This article is about kids and christmas. Maybe you need to talk wth one of these kids.