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News World It's police vs. police in Mexican drug war A Federal policeman points his weapon at a police officer from the municipality of San Nicolas after he refused to stop his car during an operation to break a road blockade in Monterrey, northern Mexico. (June 8, 2009) ( Tomas Bravo / REUTERS )





MEXICO CITY – In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents in one of Mexico’s biggest cities — a stark display of the tensions caused by a crackdown on drug corruption among the country’s lawmen. Report an error

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