Contemporary Issues - 3rd prize
Drug Cartel's War
Pedro Pardo
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse
15 August, 2011
Police and investigators arrive at the crime scene, after a boy was killed on 15 August.
Pedro Pardo
Pedro Pardo was born in Puebla in 1974, and studied graphic design at the Insituto de Artes Visuales in Puebla. He did a number of courses in photography and journalism, inclu...
Acapulco, Mexico
Police and investigators arrive at the crime scene, after a boy was killed on 15 August. Acapulco, the Mexican seaside resort much favored by the 1960s jetset, has become a battleground in the wars between drug cartels that are afflicting the country. Nightclubs are closing, and tourists staying away, as the violence escalates.
