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New tactic in Mexico drug war
Drug gangs use car bomb to kill security forces in the first attack of its kind in Mexico.
Last Modified: 17 Jul 2010 01:22 GMT

Four people have been killed in a car bomb set off by a mobile phone, Mexican authorities say.

Police say the attack is the first of its kind by a drug gang against security forces.

Nearly 25,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president, took power in 2006 and stepped up the fight against drug gangs.

Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.
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