Well, the federales and el ejercito are both assisting the drug dealers in running drugs north - even to the level of providing cross-border fire support...
What did the folks in Nuevo Laredo expect?
Competence and honesty from Mexico's law enforcement community?
But drug-related crime hasn't let up since the "federales" arrived, and 31 people have been killed so far this year. That's a sharp increase from last year's record toll.
Local mexican sheriff: "We have met the enemy, and they are us."
That's like asking a pitbull to babysit a crying baby.