Yeah, I figured I'd take a page from their playbook. You can link back to the original if you care to see all the Mexican Government propaganda I cut.
Drug War Protesters Block Mexico-US Border
Protesters gathered in border towns across northern MexicoHundreds of people in Mexico have blocked key crossings into the US in protests against the deployment of the army to fight drug traffickers.
Traffic was brought to a halt on a number of bridges in several border towns in northern Mexico.
The protesters accused the army of abuse against civilians.
Some 40,000 troops have been deployed since 2006.
In some parts of the country, the army has taken over the role of the police, which have often proved easily corrupted when bribed or threatened, says the BBC's Stephen Gibbs in Mexico City.
Calderon's vow
The protesters blocked bridges in Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa.
They chanted "Soldiers out!" and "Stop abuse by the PFP [Federal Preventative Police]!"
The demonstrators also shut roads in the industrial city of Monterrey.
Many of the protesters said border towns had become more dangerous since President Felipe Calderon sent the army in.
Human rights activists say there are legitimate complaints about reported abuses by the troops, including alleged cases in which army patrols have fired on civilians at checkpoints.
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