Mexico's Drug War Is Now Out Of Control. For The U.S., The Drug War Is On

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Wednesday that drug cartels “pose a sustained, serious threat” to the United States. Lawrence Jackson/Associated Press

Mexico Sending 5,000 Troops To Besieged Border City -- Yahoo News/Reuters

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico is sending up to 5,000 new troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in a brutal war between drug gangs aided by corrupt police.

The army said on Thursday the new deployment could take the number of soldiers and federal police to over 7,000 in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. This month drug hitmen killed 250 people in Juarez, where a meeting of cabinet members on Wednesday was rattled by bomb scares.

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More News On U.S./Mexico's Cartel War

Mexico sending extra troops to violent border city -- AP
Homeland security: Help needed on U.S. border -- Washington Times
Mexico drug cartels creating a threat to national security -- ABC News
U.S. Moves Against Top Mexican Drug Cartel -- New York Times
US disrupts Mexico border drug syndicate -- ABC News (Australia)
U.S. sweep said to cripple Mexico drug cartel -- Reuters
Hundreds Arrested in US Probe of Mexican Drug Cartel -- Los Angeles Times
US Moves Against Top Mexican Drug Cartel -- New York Times
755 Arrested in Drug Cartel Operation -- Washington Times
US Is a Vast Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels -- New York Times
Mexican Town Fed Up With Violence Turns to Army -- Los Angeles Times