In Mexico, A New Plan to End Drug Violence

Major Shift Coming In Mexico's Drug War Focus
Members of the Federal Police secure the street as the body of a municipal police officer lies dead in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on September 7, 2010. A command killed two policemen in an attack aimed at freeing three prisoners. A bloody battle between drug cartels in Mexico has left since 2006 over 28.000 people dead, despite the deployment of about 50,000 soldiers in different parts of the country. AFP PHOTO/Jesus Alcazar (Photo credit should read Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Federal Police secure the street as the body of a municipal police officer lies dead in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on September 7, 2010. A command killed two policemen in an attack aimed at freeing three prisoners. A bloody battle between drug cartels in Mexico has left since 2006 over 28.000 people dead, despite the deployment of about 50,000 soldiers in different parts of the country. AFP PHOTO/Jesus Alcazar (Photo credit should read Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images)

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – The tank that has stood at the entrance to this Mexican border city since 2008 was not here on Christmas Eve. Neither was the machine gun turret that pointed down this gritty town’s main street.

But the masked soldiers remained. Residents say it is a sign that little law enforcement appears to exist except for the military officers who patrol the streets.

That could change, however, under policies announced recently by Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s newly inaugurated president.

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