Last Sunday, Mexican troops took Alfredo Beltrán Leyva into custody in Sinaloa State.
A few days later, Mexican troops began conducting raids in the area.
Rebels held the towns for several days, battling with Mexican troops before withdrawing into the surrounding jungle.
Last month Mexican troops arrested Alfredo Beltrán, a big shot in the Sinaloa cartel, one of Mexico's biggest drug gangs.
At one stage they also included a requirement that Mexican troops accused of abuses should face civilian trials.
Mr. D? Ordaz had been president of Mexico in 1968 when Mexican troops opened fire on student protesters in Mexico City.
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That evening he received word that Mexican troops had crossed the Rio Grande on April 25 and attacked Taylor's troops, killing or injuring 16 of them.
A detachment of Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande and engaged Taylor's forces in a skirmish (April 25 , 1846 that marked the beginning of the Mexican-American War.
Learning of a planned invasion by Mexican troops, he secreted out a warning that became known as the "whip-handle dispatch".
In March 2009 federal agents and thousands of Mexican troops were sent into the city to quell the violence and patrol the streets.
