Is Juarez, Mexico now a safe, border city?

Today, the El Paso Times online edition had an article reporting the dedication of a city park to the police.  The police in Juarez certainly deserve this honor, considering their number of casualties in the Juarez cartel war. This is no doubt a story to try to get the tourists business back after the cartel war winds down. 

The Sinaloa mob has always been in control of the Government (and essentially the media), but they have not yet regained control of the petty criminals after being challenged and distracted by the misguided Juarez cartel and its alliance with a few other smaller ones. The petty criminals are still taking advantage of the post-cartel-war condition. They have their eye on the tourists, and if they think you are the most vulnerable target available, you will be lucky to escape, losing only your money and valuables.

When old-time corruption returns the city to the status quo, and we can buy our way out of trumped-up misdemeanors, it will be a safer city. Then, the petty criminals will be diminished because most of them will seem to have simply disappeared off the face of the planet. We won't get an official announcement of the return to the status quo because it will evolve slowly. I'll let the naive out-of-town survivors be the litmus paper to test the waters before I go back again