The most dangerous city in Mexico had 39 killings in a few days, including the murders of three police officers, the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office in Ciudad Juarez said

In one of the most high-profile homicides, Ismael Sergio Apodaca, coordinator of the Police Station "Chihuahua," was executed. Hours earlier, a municipal official was attacked and taken to the hospital in serious condition, the state prosecutor's office has said. In all, eight people were killed in one day. The next day, another 16 people were killed, including six victims shot dead at a workshop and another four killed in front of a garage. The victims, all male, were between 20 and 30 years old. The following day, nine people were executed. Juarez municipal police officers were operating on high alert after finding "narcopintas" - graffiti messages left by suspected drug traffickers - on public walls near a local park. By day's end, another two police officers had been killed by suspects thought to be involved with organized crime, the prosecutor's office said. Perhaps the most gruesome recent homicide was that of a man whose torso was the only body part found. The body had no head or limbs, officials said. He was one of six killed that day, and has not been identified. According to unofficial estimates, as many as 600 people have been killed in Ciudad Juarez since the beginning of 2011. More than 3,000 people were killed in drug-related violence in 2010. The city's newly appointed top cop in Juarez - Julian Leyzaola - has yet to give an interview even though he has been in office a little over a month. He's received several public death threats since he took office on March 10, 2011.