Mexico's Drug Gangs Are Now Threatening Schools

Mexican Schools Close As Children
Are Threatened -- Yahoo News/AP

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Fourth-grader Ricardo Ivan Ortega knows he is a target in this violent city. His school closed temporarily last month after an anonymous note demanded teachers hand over their year-end bonuses — or students would be kidnapped.

Ricardo has a plan.

"I will just hide," the shy 9-year-old said in late November, waiting in the family car while his mother inquired when Luis Urias Elementary would reopen. "My mom told me not to get near the front gate, and if I need to, to run out of my classroom."

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