EL ARENAL - It was dawn and the magical agave fields were alive with something besides the usual mists and insect life.

Federal and state officials say drug cartel henchmen carried out two deadly attacks against Jalisco police officers and installations in the space of four days last week.

GUADALAJARA - Beware the boot: armed with 20 wheel clamps, traffic cops in Guadalajara on Tuesday started immobilizing illegally parked cars with out-of-state and foreign license plates.

MEXICO - In a bid to free up government resources to crackdown on dealers and traffickers rather than small-time users, President Felipe Calderon has proposed the decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of various drugs.

GUADALAJARA - As one might expect from someone in his position, Canadian Ambassador to Mexico Guillermo Rishchynski gave a prudent, if not altogether uninspiring, keynote address Thursday at the 13th Congress of the Mexican Association of Canadian Studies at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) in Guadalajara.