Collateral Damage: Mexico’s Drug War Eliminates a Police Force in Chihuahua

Mexico’s Drug War Eliminates a Police Force in Chihuahua - NYTimes.com: "The cotton towns south of Juárez sit in territory disputed by at least two major drug trafficking groups, according to government and private security reports, leading to deadly power struggles. But the lack of adequately trained police officers, a longstanding crisis that the government has sought to address with little resolution, allows criminal groups to have their way.

“Small cities and towns are really highly impacted,” said Daniel M. Sabet, a visiting professor at Georgetown University who studies policing in Mexico. “They offer strongholds organized crime can hold and control.”" Jan. 11, 2011