La Frontera

La Frontera is a depiction of faith facing conflict along the Mexican border from city of Juarez to Tijuana; two Mexican cities where the “war on drugs” has become for the control of drugs. Due to the lawless gang violence, cartel murders, ties with drugs, and their gateway to greed and fortune, these cities struggle to control the lawlessness of the border. The local population is praying for salvation and peace while looking to saints of death for protection. A population accustomed to death and violence and forced to live with in its limitations.

The expendable value of human life and the constant echo of conflict highlights the accelerating pace at which the violence is growing and is what gave these cities a voice. Their geographic location and proximity to the Unites States is what put them on the map. With over 10,000 deaths since 2007 Mexico has become a bloodier battleground than both Afghanistan and Iraq have been for the U.S.  And with 2010 promising to be the bloodiest year yet, there seems to be no break in the social collapse and the growing sense of fatigue. Such is the daily grind in Mexico’s internal war on drugs.