Editing Ciudad Juárez (section)

===Crime reduction===
After the homicide rates escalated to the point of making Ciudad Juárez the most violent city in the world, violent crime began to decline in the early 2010s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/world/americas/mexico-juarez-killings-drop/ |title=Juarez shedding violent image, statistics show |publisher=CNN |year=2014 |access-date=January 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085259/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/world/americas/mexico-juarez-killings-drop/ |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2012, homicides were at their lowest rate since 2007 when drug violence flared between the [[Sinaloa Cartel|Sinaloa]] and [[Juárez Cartel]].<ref name=warover>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-mexicos-murder-city-the-war-appears-over/2012/08/19/aacab85e-e0a0-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html |title=In Mexico's Murder City the war appears over |last=Booth |first=William |date=August 20, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822112555/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/in-mexicos-murder-city-the-war-appears-over/2012/08/19/aacab85e-e0a0-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html |archive-date=August 22, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> That trend has continued in 2015 with 300 homicides reported, the lowest number since 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Termina 2015 con 300 homicidios; disminuye violencia en 23% del 2014 |url=http://www.juareznoticias.com/termina-2015-con-300-homicidios-disminuye-violencia-en-23-del-2014/ |access-date=January 14, 2015 |newspaper=Juarez Noticias |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081305/http://www.juareznoticias.com/termina-2015-con-300-homicidios-disminuye-violencia-en-23-del-2014/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Explanations for the rapid decline in violence include the Sinaloa Cartel's success in defeating its rivals,<ref>Vulliamy, Ed (19 July 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/19/mexico-drugs-cartel-joaquin-guzman#comment-55998073 Has 'El Chapo' turned the world's former most dangerous place into a calm city?] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721044325/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/19/mexico-drugs-cartel-joaquin-guzman#comment-55998073 |date=July 21, 2016 }}. ''The Observer''.</ref> as well as federal, state and local government efforts to combat crime and improve the city's quality of life.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

The cause of the reduction in crime is the subject of speculation. One theory attributes it to deals the rival gangs made to coexist once the federal police were withdrawn in 2011. Another holds that a more powerful trafficking network, such as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel, might have moved in and restored a kind of "order among thieves."<ref name="Times">{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-juarez-recovery-20140504-story.html |title=In Mexico, Ciudad Juarez reemerging from grip of violence |last=Times |first=Los Angeles |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114001745/http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-juarez-recovery-20140504-story.html |archive-date=November 14, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |date=May 4, 2014}}</ref> Others attribute it to the end of the cartel war between Juárez and Sinaloa,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/americas/mexico-ciudad-juarez-tourism/index.html |title=After years of violence, 'life is back' in Juarez |author=Nick Valencia |website=Cnn.com |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915224623/http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/americas/mexico-ciudad-juarez-tourism/index.html |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> the arrest or dismissal of many policemen with cartel ties,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/americas/mexico-ciudad-juarez-tourism/index.html |title=After years of violence, 'life is back' in Juarez |author=Nick Valencia |website=CNN |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915224623/http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/americas/mexico-ciudad-juarez-tourism/index.html |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> resolutions reached by liaisons between government and a group of local leaders called "La Mesa de Seguridad y Justicia",<ref name="Fern">{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/miguel-fernandez/a-new-era-in-ciudad-juare_b_9247576.html |title=A New Era in Ciudad Juarez {{!}} Huffington Post|last1=Fern|first1=Miguel|last2=CEO|first2=ez|date=February 17, 2016|website=The Huffington Post |access-date=October 8, 2016|last3=Transtelco |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114165554/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miguel-fernandez/a-new-era-in-ciudad-juare_b_9247576.html |archive-date=November 14, 2016 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the creation of an anti-extortion squad to combat extortion inflicted upon local companies.<ref name="nationalgeographic.com">{{Cite news |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/06/juarez-mexico-border-city-drug-cartels-murder-revival/ |title=Once the World's Most Dangerous City, Juárez Returns to Life |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003135428/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/06/juarez-mexico-border-city-drug-cartels-murder-revival/ |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Crime was significantly reduced from 2010 to 2014, with 3,500 homicides in 2010 and 430 in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ju-rez-gets-ready-pope-showcases-progress-after-violence-n517571 |title=Despite Violence, Juárez Gets Ready for Pope, Showcases Progress |newspaper=NBC News |access-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224141823/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ju-rez-gets-ready-pope-showcases-progress-after-violence-n517571/ |archive-date=February 24, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2015, there were only 311 homicides.<ref name="Fern"/>

The decrease in crime inspired more business in the city. Some citizens who left because of the violence have since returned with their families.<ref name="Times"/> Many of them had moved their businesses to El Paso.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/06/13/412943447/the-violence-subsides-and-revelers-return-to-juarez |title=The Violence Subsides, And Revelers Return To Juarez |newspaper=NPR.org |access-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115132350/http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/06/13/412943447/the-violence-subsides-and-revelers-return-to-juarez |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In addition, U.S. companies are investing more in Juárez.<ref name="auto"/> Community centers work with victims of crime and teach women how to defend themselves. Citizens have also formed neighborhood watch groups and patrol neighborhoods.<ref name="Times"/> "La Fundacion Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte" is giving young people career opportunities and giving people hope.<ref name="Fern"/> [[Technology HUB]] is a startup incubator working to diversify the city's economy and move the regions low-skill manufacturing industry into an innovation cluster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.marketplace.org/2017/10/20/business/looking-for-tech-innovators-mexicos-ciudad-juarez |title=Looking for tech innovators in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez |access-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-date=November 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101015603/https://www.marketplace.org/2017/10/20/business/looking-for-tech-innovators-mexicos-ciudad-juarez |url-status=live }}</ref> Its economic development projects are in line with the research of University of Berkeley Professor Enrico Moretti. Innovation economies are found to be more adaptive to shifting tech and trade conditions and more resilient to the kind of civil unrest that plagued Ciudad Juarez in the past.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Toole |first1=Kathleen |title=Enrico Moretti: The Geography of Jobs |url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/enrico-moretti-geography-jobs |access-date=July 30, 2018 |agency=Stanford Graduate School of Business |publisher=Stanford |date=June 10, 2013 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200827/https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/enrico-moretti-geography-jobs |url-status=live }}</ref> City officials have said that they have plans to increase tourism in the city.<ref name="auto"/> For example, in April 2015, the city created a new campaign to increase tourism called "Juarez is waiting for you".<ref name="auto"/> That same month, U.S. representative [[Beto O'Rourke]] visited Juárez to give a speech about how much Juárez has changed for the better.<ref name="auto"/> A children's museum was opened in honor of the children who lost their parents during the violent years. Businesses that were closed because of the violence and extortion have reopened in recent years.<ref name="nationalgeographic.com"/> The city's violence was depicted in the 2015 film ''[[Sicario (2015 film)|Sicario]]'', drawing criticism and calls for a boycott from Juárez mayor [[Enrique Serrano Escobar]], who said the film presented a false and negative image of the city. He said the violence the film depicted was accurate through about 2010, and that the city had made progress in restoring peace.<ref name="BBCMundo">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151007_sicario_cine_ciudad_juarez_boicot_an |title=¿Por qué la película "Sicario" enoja tanto a Ciudad Juárez? |last1=Nájar |first1=Alberto |date=October 7, 2015 |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114193415/http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151007_sicario_cine_ciudad_juarez_boicot_an |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=[[BBC]] |agency=[[BBC News|BBC Mundo]] |language=es |trans-title=Why does the movie "Sicario" anger Ciudad Juárez so much?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/americas/portrayal-of-juarez-in-sicario-vexes-residents-trying-to-move-past-dark-times.html |title=Portrayal of Juárez in 'Sicario' Vexes Residents Trying to Move Past Dark Times |last=Burnett |first=Victoria |date=October 11, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613001445/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/americas/portrayal-of-juarez-in-sicario-vexes-residents-trying-to-move-past-dark-times.html |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>