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    Artist turns guns into musical instruments

    For the project titled "Disarm," artist Pedro Reyes said he was able to choose his instruments from about 6,700 guns that were turned in or seized by the army and police in Ciudad Juarez, a city of about 1.3 million people that averaged about 10 killings a day at the height of the violence. In 2010, Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. Juarez had a murder rate about 230 per 100,000 inhabitants. The nationwide rate for the U.S. that year was 4.8.

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    1. An instrument that mimics the sound of a bass guitar created by Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes from seized guns is seen in his workshop in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
      An instrument that mimics the sound of a bass guitar created by Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes from seized guns is seen in his workshop in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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