NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Still Photo Winners

1st Place, Domestic News Picture Story

Brian L Frank/The Wall Street Journal

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Over 4000 people were murdered in relation to drug violence in Mexico last year. The drug war has escalated to new heights of violence never before thought possible as the Mexican Governments has scrambled to deploy troops to attempt to control a thoroughly deteriorated sitauation. Drug abusers huff glue and inhalants while dealers ply their trade on the streets of Tepito, Mexico City’s toughest neighborhood. Tepito is controlled by drug cartels, and access to the neighborhood is strictly guarded. Police are only allowed to patrol its streets 2 days a week.

1st: Brian L Frank; The Wall Street Journal
2nd: NIKKI KAHN; THE WASHINGTON POST
3rd: Sarah L. Voisin; The Washington Post
HM: Bryan Patrick; The Sacramento Bee Newspaper
HM: Michael Robinson Chavez; Los Angeles Times

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