Troops patrol Ciudad Juarez, where 1,600 people were slain in 2008. The police chief quit in February after receiving threats and the same month, the governor survived an ambush. Don Bartletti, Los Angeles TimesWill Mexico Need ‘Los Pepes’? -- Small Wars Journal
Last Saturday, Mexico’s federal police and army paid the price for arresting Arnold Rueda Medina, a lieutenant in Mexico’s La Familia drug cartel. La Familia gunmen first attempted to spring Medina from custody. After that failed, they went on a revenge spree against federal police and soldiers that the Washington Post described this way:
The ambushes by La Familia in eight cities spread across the western state of Michoacan on Saturday were carried out with disciplined force by small but bold units of cartel gunmen, backed with military-grade assault rifles and grenades. The offensive began in the capital, Morelia, and lasted 10 hours. The attacks, in which convoys of gunmen sprung surprise attacks on government positions, occurred near sites popular with tourists, including the arts-and-crafts town of Patzcuaro and nearby Zitacuaro, famous for its migrating monarch butterflies. Much of the fighting took place in and around cities where the federal government arrested 10 mayors last month on suspicion of colluding with La Familia. Mexican media reported two more attacks Sunday.
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More News On Mexico's Cartel Drug Wars
Calderon's drug offensive stirs 'wasp nest' -- L.A. Times
Two arrested in deadly attacks on Mexican police, soldiers -- CNN
Cartel Kills 5 in Attacks on Mexican Forces -- Washington Post
Mexican Police Kill One Gunman in Michoacan Violence -- Voice of America
Mexico Posts Are Blitzed After Arrest in Drug War -- New York Times