Mexico cracking down in drug stronghold (AP)

News article: Mexico cracking down in drug stronghold (AP)

News Manager December 12th, 2006

AP - Thousands of troops rolled into a key Mexican drug stronghold Tuesday to set fire to marijuana and opium fields and round up traffickers, sent by President Felipe Calderon to restore order in a region where smugglers have defied authorities with beheadings and large-scale drug production.

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