Monday, August 11, 2008

Mexico anti-drug general is ousted; U.S. guns arm drug cartels

In Mexico's drug war, Gen. Sergio Aponte Polito racked up crime-fighting credentials worthy of the Dark Knight, making record seizures of drugs and weapons and forcing out top Baja California law enforcement officials he accused of corruption and of having links to organized crime, writes the L.A. Times' Richard Marosi. (continue)