Whack-a-mole: To Root Out Dirty Police, Mexico Sends In a General

This story, while focusing on a mole whacker police chief who is a former army general, paints a detailed picture of how local Mexcian police forces are rife with corruption.

To Root Out Dirty Police, Mexico Sends In a General - WSJ.com: "Retired Gen. Villa is the 61-year-old police chief in Torreon, an industrial city in Mexico's violent northern badlands—a central drug-running route currently being fought over by two of Mexico's biggest cartels.

Since taking over as the city's top police officer in January, Mr. Villa has battled not only the city's drug lords, but also his own police force, which was on the payroll of a powerful cartel." Dec. 23, 2010