From Yahoo News/AP:
VILLA AHUMADA, Mexico – For people caught inside Mexico's drug corridors, life is about keeping your head down and watching your back, especially when the sun dips behind the cactus-studded horizon.
No town knows this better than Villa Ahumada, where the entire police force quit after 70 cartel hit men roared through last spring, killing the police chief, two officers and three townspeople.
Residents were left defenseless again last week when gunmen returned and kidnapped nine people, despite the soldiers manning checkpoints far outside town.
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More News On Mexico's Cartel Wars
What Happens to the U.S. if Mexico Collapses? -- FOX News
Mexican army hopes to tighten grip in town plagued by drug-related violence -- El Paso Times
Mexico urges 'firm' US moves on trafficking -- AFP
Several die in Mexico drug violence -- Al Jazeera
Top Mexico drug cop charged with working for cartel -- International Herald Tribune
Marchers block US border to protest army presence -- AP
State of War -- Foreign Policy Blog