More than 600 people have been killed in Mexico this year by drug cartels

Alejandro Dominguez, the police chief of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, was gunned down June 9, 2005, by men firing assault rifles from a convoy of Chevrolet Suburbans nine hours after he was sworn in.

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Mexican troops and federal police took over the city on June 13 to curb a drug war that has spiraled out of control, killing dozens.