La Frontera

Weaving above, below, and across the U.S.-Mexico border over the course of a year, a photographer captures the violence and trauma of a deadly drug war and those caught in its crossfire.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY LOUIE PALU | JANUARY 2, 2013

A woman who was found beating herself in Ciudad Juárez, seen here in another shelter in the city. Due to a lack of state resources, the privately run shelter provides a refuge for mentally ill homeless people.

 

Louie Palu is a Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation.