claim: "more lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in juarez alone, just a few blocks from the united states of america, than have been lost in the war in afghanistan."
author: greg abbott
evidence_1: jul 27, 2015 ... in afghanistan, more than 26,000 civilians are estimated to have died since ... the  number of civilians killed at roughly 160,500 since the u.s. invasion in 2003. ...  for some of the bloodiest years of the nation's war against the drug cartels ...  nearly 20,000 died last year alone, a substantial number, but still a ...
evidence_2: "more lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in juarez  alone, just a few blocks from the united states of america, than have been lost in  ...
evidence_3: amid drug wars, mexico began fixing the local justice system. now crime is down  and residents 'are losing their fear.' ... child's play had been banished from public  spaces as drug cartels battled street by street to control the border .... in 2008  juárez lost 90,000 jobs as the u.s. plunged into recession, marooning a flotilla of  ...
evidence_4: "more lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in juarez  alone, just a few blocks from the united states of america, than have been lost in  ...
evidence_5: oct 5, 2010 ... "more lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in juarez  alone, just a few blocks from the united states of america, than have been lost in  the war in afghanistan," he said during a july 17 interview on fox ...