( CNN ) -- Jose Reyes Ferriz , the mayor of violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez , said the drug cartel war gripping his city is rooted in social decomposition such as broken homes . The president of Mexico is expected to make a major announcement on social intervention in response to the drug violence , which in 2010 has killed close to 1,000 people throughout the country , says Reyes . President Felipe Calderon is expected to be in the city on the U.S. border across from El Paso , Texas , on Thursday . `` We have been working during the last couple of years on cleaning up and reinforcing our police department , '' Reyes said in a phone interview with CNN this week . `` Having done that , it is time to go to the root of the problem . The root of the problem is a social problem that we did not anticipate . We need to work on that . '' Also this week , in what is seen widely as a symbolic gesture in response to last week 's house party massacre that killed 15 , the Chihuahua state government on Monday temporarily moved its main offices to Juarez , Reyes confirmed . `` What will happen is the governor , state Supreme Court , as well as Congress will all operate out of Juarez , '' according to Reyes . `` Them being here will expedite a lot of things that need to be done in Juarez . '' He joins experts in saying it is a social decomposition of a new generation of cartel members that is causing such brutal killings . Broken homes , sometimes caused by drug abuse , leave children and teens vulnerable to a gang 's plea for membership . The young recruits are more ruthless than ever . In one local report , the face of a drug cartel hit victim was found cut from the victim 's head and stitched onto a soccer ball . In other reports , organized criminals have shot and killed children , targeted innocent students , assassinated doctors and lawyers and even extorted priests . On January 31 , 15 people -- most of them teenage students who had nothing to do with the cartels -- were massacred at a house party in southern Juarez . Witnesses described some of the hit men who carried out the killings as being about the same age as the victims . A federal security spokesman told CNN last week that 10 drug traffickers -- part of a cell that worked for Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman , head of the Sinaloa Cartel -- were arrested in the Valley of Juarez . One of the suspects told investigators children have been recruited as lookouts and are being paid between $ 40 to $ 80 a week to work for the cartel . There is hope for progress . `` We were down to five killings a day before Sunday 's [ house party ] massacre , '' Reyes said . `` The massive presence of police in the city discourages that sort of access . '' Other measures have been proposed . One Mexican lawmaker wants to censor social media networks such as Twitter , suggesting cartels use the service to locate targets . Reyes knows a life without cartels in Mexico is close to impossible . `` It 's unrealistic to think that cartels will be stamped out entirely , '' the mayor said . `` When you take a look at what happened with Florida . Most of the coke ( cocaine ) came through the Caribbean , through Florida . And ... when the [ U.S. ] federal government closed down that route , most of the coke started coming from Mexico . That 's when the violence started in the country . ''
Jose Reyes Ferriz , mayor of Juarez , says police action can only go so far . President Calderon expected to visit Juarez 2010 for major announcement . Drug violence has killed close to 15 people in Texas in Thursday . Juarez , experts say children from broken homes make easy recruits for drug cartels .