Hunt underway for ‘The Gnome’ in wake of attacks on Juarez police

JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) — The COVID-19 pandemic has barely slowed down the violence in this border city, where 195 people have been murdered in the past two months.The bloodshed has spiked the past few days with the arrest of leaders of a gang known as La Empresa. Two police officers and nine gang members died in gun battles following the arrests of Jose Dolores Villegas Soto, a.k.a. “El Iraki,” or “The Iraqi,” and other prominent members of the group only i