15th Juarez law official slain; troops don't quell violence

Crime Time has been reporting over the past few months about the increasing drug violence in the Mexican cities along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Staff writer Jay Root has an excellent report this morning that tells us about the brazen killing of Juarez Police Capt. Saul Pena Lopez on Tuesday -- gunned down in a fusillade of bullets. He's the 15th law enforcement agent to be slain there since the beginning of the year.

And, the killing hasn't slowed despite the presence of more than 2,000 Mexican Army troops sent to quell the violence involving warring drug cartels.

You can find Jay's report here. It has some outstanding photographic work by staff photographer Tom Pennington.

-- Lance Murray