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...blast, it would show a worrying escalation in the battle between organized crime and the government. Since Jan. 1, drug cartel gunmen armed with huge arsenals of automatic rifles and grenade launchers have slain more than 30 police, soldiers and judges in ambushes and assassinations. The attacks come as Calderon has made record drug busts, sent 25,000 police and soldiers against the gangs, and extradited alleged kingpins to the United States...
...group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, which sent shock waves through the heart of the Mexican capital. But officials on the case have said they are investigating whether it could be the work of drug cartels reeling from a crackdown by President Felipe Calderon. Leftist guerrilla groups also have a history of bombing in Mexico, but they have normally hit political or commercial buildings at night without leaving casualties...
...According to band director Beatrice Viramontes ’08, Calderon even “came backstage and sang with us a little...
...Calderon claims he is cleaning out the narco-corruption in all levels of government. The army and federal police have taken took over police stations in several border cities this month, seizing the local force's guns while they root out corrupt officers...
...everyone is a happy with Calderon's military-style approach to the drug problem. Mexican Human Rights Commissioner Jose Luis Soberanes told Congress this week that his office had collected evidence of widespread torture, rape and murder by police and soldiers in the course of missions against drug gangs. In one case, 19 soldiers face a court martial for shooting dead two women and three children in June at a roadblock in Sinaloa state. In another case, soldiers are accused of detaining and raping four girls in the mountainous state of Michoacan...