Heroin addicts prepare to shoot up along the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande River in Juarez, Mexico

Heroin addicts prepare to shoot up along the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande River in Juarez, Mexico Stock Photo
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Planetpix / Alamy Stock Photo

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C3NW49

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47.5 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)

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4992 x 3328 px | 42.3 x 28.2 cm | 16.6 x 11.1 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

17 January 2009

Location:

Juarez, Mexico

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A needle filled with heroin sits on a rock along the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande River in Juarez, Mexico January 16, 2009 as junkies prepare to shoot up along the US border. An ongoing drug war between cartels for control of the drug routes into the US killed 1600 people in Juarez last year and already 40 since the start of the new year making the city the most violent in Mexico. (Photo by Richard Ellis)