City A, located in Latin America, is noted for its young contract killers and high homicide rate. It is also known as the home of a drug cartel.

City A, according to the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung is Medellín, Colombia. The number of murders dropped from 7,081 in 1991 to “only” 6,622 in 1992. Still, reports the Colombian daily El Tiempo, during the past decade, almost 45,000 persons have died there by violent means. Various civic groups are therefore presently trying hard to clean up the city and improve its reputation.