Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Doing Business With the "Juniors" on Gomez Marín in Juárez:
Children of the wealthy class in Juárez deal drugs at the best bars, restaurants, and nightclubs



Diario de Juárez reports that the Gomez Morin corridor--just East of Triunfo del la Republica--has become a tony place to purchase drugs from wealthy, well-dressed dealers, driving late-model expensive cars; these are, according to Diario, the sons and daughters of the "protected" rich.  They are known locally as the "Juniors."  The drug of choice seems to be methamphetamine, but other good stuff is available as well.  Young women who engage in retail drug trafficking, are known in Juarez as "Las Chulas," or "niñas bien" (best translation:  "the beautiful people.")

The Gomez Marin corridor is one of the most security-conscious areas of Juarez, full of elegant restaurants and bars, with loads of private security forces and ostentatious public security vehicles visibly displayed to deter drug-related trouble.

As competition for acquiring the capability to buy, warehouse, and transport drugs to Juarez for transit to El Paso has grown in recent years, creating a new rash of inter-drug-gang violence, more and more drug business partners have focused on expanding the local Juarez market.  Just a few years ago a restaurant patron or bar client would have to risk an awkward moment to ask the bartender or parking lot attendant if he or she perchance had some extra meth.  Sometimes disastrous things would happen to that bartender or parking lot attendant.  The rise of the "Juniors" has made these awkward moments  unnecessary:  Junior Chula will simply stop by your table, gossip a little bit about the Trump Wall or public corruption in Chihuahua, and then go on her merry way, leaving behind some pills.  Source:  Diario de Juarez.

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