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"They demand money from the staff, and threaten to harm both teachers and pupils if the request is not met.
One of the notes was pinned to a wall outside a kindergarten.
Gruesome violence
The extortion campaign appears to be timed to coincide with the Christmas bonuses teachers in Mexico receive in their December pay packets.
When news of the notes became public, many parents removed their children from school.
Ciudad Juarez is becoming infamous as the place where some of the most gruesome violence in Mexico's ongoing drug wars is concentrated.
More than a quarter of all the murders linked to organised crime in the country this year have been in the city.
As well as schools, hospitals are finding it increasingly difficult to function normally.
Last weekend, hundreds of doctors staged a protest in the city denouncing the extreme level of threats and kidnappings they face every day.
There have been several reports of gunmen entering hospitals to finish off wounded rivals, as they are being treated.
Several medical clinics have closed permanently."
