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Published July 17, 2010, 12:00 AM

Mexico drug war


A police officer runs as a firefighter sprays a police truck with water after an attack on police patrol trucks that killed two officers in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday July 15, 2010. Mexican investigators ran forensic tests to determine whether drug gangs used a car bomb in an attack on police patrol trucks that killed two officers and wounded nine people on Thursday. A car bomb would mark an unprecedented escalation of Mexico's drug war and confirm long-standing fears that the cartels are turning to explosives in their fight against security forces. (AP Photo)
Read the article: Car bomb in Mexican drug war changes ground rules