Mexican Drug Cartel Targets Police
Ciudad Juarez Security Force (Photo: Jesus Villaseca Perez/Flickr)
The police force is under siege in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.
Every cop on the force has been ordered to leave his or her home and move into well-defended hotels.
A drug cartel has been carrying out its threat to kill one policemen a day.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Angela Kocherga who has been reporting the story for Belo, the Texas-based news corporation.
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