In Ciudad Juarez, corrupt police still openly work openly for gangs despite ubiquitous army patrols. And local newspapers constantly show images of bullet-ridden vehicles and bleeding bodies on busy streets.
After a few quiet weeks, the city's death tally from cartel violence has risen to 900 this year, compared with 800 in the first six months of 2008.
In one recent case, a man who phoned a drug hotline to report suspicious goings-on near his home disappeared and was found tortured into a coma in an SUV that crashed into a tree.
The battered body had a note with it reading: "This is what happens to those who ring 060." The man died of his injuries.
link: Army feeble as murders surge in Mexico drug war city | International | Reuters
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