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May 08, 2008 04:32 PM

A police captain is killed in Juarez, Mexico

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More than a month after Mexican President Felipe Calderon dispatched over 2,000 soldiers to Juarez, execution-style murders remain commonplace -- and usually unsolved -- as heavily-armed drug cartels battle for control of lucrative drug-smuggling routes into the United States.
More than a month after Mexican President Felipe Calderon dispatched over 2,000 soldiers to Juarez, execution-style murders remain commonplace -- and usually unsolved -- as heavily-armed drug cartels battle for control of lucrative drug-smuggling routes into the United States. Tom Pennington / MCT
Bullet holes riddle a municipal police truck after a Juarez Municipal Police captain was shot and killed.
Bullet holes riddle a municipal police truck after a Juarez Municipal Police captain was shot and killed. MCT
A Juarez crime scene official takes a sample of a pool of blood in the streets after a Juarez municipal police captain was killed.
A Juarez crime scene official takes a sample of a pool of blood in the streets after a Juarez municipal police captain was killed. Tom Pennington / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
A Juarez newspaper photographer works at the scene of a shooting in a Juarez neighborhood.
A Juarez newspaper photographer works at the scene of a shooting in a Juarez neighborhood. Tom Pennington / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / MCT
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