A Polar Bear Club swimmer carries an American flag as the group makes its annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on January 1st, 2018, on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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Statisticians confirm that militarizing the fight against drug cartels led to a dramatic increase in the homicide rate nationwide, particularly in Juárez.