nicholas rojas is employed in the auto supply industry here. he can't work at the moment because of a workplace accident. when the cotton growing industry collapse in his home village, he came here. now he is one of the hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers in the city. since nafta came into force, the city has grown at an explosive rate. crime rates have also spiraled. juarez has become the most violent place on earth so murder rates are no longer as high as the once were. rojas shows us the factories. we drive past. it is not wise to stop here. the drug cartels have their tentacles everywhere. nicholas: behind me they make airbags for various companies just like i do. for harley davidson, chrysler, as well as honda and many other foreign companies. and this is where i work. it is not clear who is really behind some of the factories. but they all pay lower wages in this factory iron 97 pesos as a foreman. that's about six euros a day. some factories pay even less. nicholas has to work three days to earn what u.s. worker earns in an hour. p