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I've said before that I have nothing bad to say about Mexicans but nothing good to say about Mexico. They are a totally corrupt cesspool. I'm glad their economy is supposedly improving but the type of social rebuilding they need isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Police ambushed.

Seven police officers have died after gunmen attacked a convoy carrying three alleged kidnappers arrested in northern Mexico, officials have said.

Two of the suspects were freed in the raid which took place about 48km (30 miles) south of the city of Zacatecas.

Two police officers escorting the detainees were also wounded when the gunmen opened fire in Friday's attack.

Mexican Army disarms police force.

The Mexican army has confiscated guns from the entire police force of the town of Rosarito, near the Mexican border with the US.

Mexican authorities suspect that the town's police have been colluding with drug trafficking gangs.

Mexican troops carried out a similar crackdown in January on Tijuana police.

The Rosarito force's 200 guns will be examined to see whether any were used in an attack on the town's police chief earlier this month.

One of his bodyguards was killed in the attack.

'Purging the ranks'

"We recognise that the enemy is inside our house and for this reason we are purging the ranks - we need to have confidence in our police," Baja California state police chief Daniel de la Rosa said.

Drug gangs are strong in Mexico's border region, which includes Rosarito, a beach resort town south of Tijuana.