View of the armored vehicle used to carry Arnoldo Rueda Medina aka "La Minsa" --a member of drug traffickers gang "La Familia Michoacana"-- which was attacked in the state of Michoacana with grenades during the operation, after arrival in Mexico City, on July 11, 2009. Mexican President Felipe Calderon has acknowledged the country's drug war is bloodier and tougher than he thought when he first took office in 2006, but vowed to eradicate the 'cancer' that is consuming Mexico and has ordered the deployment of an additional 5,000 military troops and 1,000 policemen to the drug-ravaged northern border with the United States. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

View of the armored vehicle used to carry Arnoldo Rueda Medina aka "La Minsa" --a member of drug traffickers gang "La Familia Michoacana"-- which was attacked in the state of Michoacana with grenades during the operation, after arrival in Mexico City, on July 11, 2009. Mexican President Felipe Calderon has acknowledged the country's drug war is bloodier and tougher than he thought when he first took office in 2006, but vowed to eradicate the 'cancer' that is consuming Mexico and has ordered the deployment of an additional 5,000 military troops and 1,000 policemen to the drug-ravaged northern border with the United States.

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