In Ciudad Juárez, religious groups have made their presence known in the city streets, seeking the repentance of the "sicarios" - the cartel hitmen - as well as the community at large.
Mexican authorities found the dismembered remains of a reporter kidnapped in 2007 stuffed into a barrel in the Mexican state of Tabasco, according to CNN.
En Ciudad Juárez, las representaciones religiosas han aparecido en las calles, buscando el arrepentimiento de sicarios - asesinos del narco - y la sociedad entera.
What we learned from the would-be Detroit bomber incident is that counter-terrorism must take seriously the hearts, minds and wills of potential bombers, and not just put more security in place.
Some reporters thought the attacks didn't have a religion angle. "Don't worry," my editor said. "They'll come around. You just go and don't worry about that."
More and more news organizations depend on freelance journalists to cover global hot spots. Freelancers say, however, that they are too often left to fend for themselves.
