Members of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement special response team wait by an armored personnel carrier before a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)As Mexico Battles Cartels, The Army Becomes the Law -- Washington Post
PETATLAN, Mexico -- President Felipe Calderón is rapidly escalating the Mexican army's role in the war against drug traffickers, deploying nearly 50 percent of its combat-ready troops along the U.S.-Mexico border and throughout the country, while retired army officers take command of local police forces and the military supplies civilian authorities with automatic weapons and grenades.
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More News On Mexico's Cartel Drug War
Mexico steps up army aid to fight cartels -- UPI
Mexico's President Felipe Calderón orders deployment of 45,000 troops to US Border -- Gather News
Mexico reports arrest of major drug suspect -- Yahoo News/AP
Mexico arrests top drug cartel leader -- AFP
U.S. invests to keep arms smugglers out of Mexico -- Reuters
US to boost ports of entry along US-Mexico border -- Yahoo News/AP
Napolitano promises more agents at San Diego-area checkpoints -- L.A. Times
16 dead, 2 bodies chopped up, in latest Mexico violence -- AFP
Five Die in Drug-Related Violence in Mexico -- Latin American Herald Tribune
Mexico rules out joint border patrols with U.S. -- Reuters
Top US, Mexico officials to discuss drug cartels -- AP
Washington to boost Mexico drugs war aid -- Financial Times
Children traumatized by Mexico drug war killings -- Upstate Today