NEW : Raul Xazziel Ramirez was just three weeks shy of his eighth birthday , records say . A bloody turf war between warring drug cartels that started last year has made the city one of the most violent in the world . Ramirez was killed yesterday along with his father in Ciudad Juarez . The boy tried to escape the vehicle but was shot in the back , police say . More than 100 slain this year in Mexico ; Ramirez was not the youngest .
NEW : Raul Xazziel Ramirez was just three weeks shy of his eighth birthday , records say . Ramirez was killed yesterday along with his father in Ciudad Juarez . The boy tried to escape the vehicle but was shot in the back , police say . More than 100 slain this year in Mexico ; Ramirez was not the youngest .