Mexico's Angels Hit Back at Gang Violence Rachel Levin - Al Jazeera
go to original March 27, 2012

With unemployment at nearly 20 per cent among Mexican youth, many young people turn to a life of crime where drug gangs can pay hitmen three times the weekly salary of a factory worker.

With more than 400 street gangs in Ciudad Juarez city, in Chihuahua state, it has become a prime recruiting ground for drug cartels.

But a group has come forward with a unique idea to fight this scourge.

As part of his new initiative, a former gang member and others from his evangelical church group dress up as angels and head to crime scenes with their messages of hope.

Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Ciudad Juarez.

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