By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com
The military in Mexico flexed some muscle Thursday, killing at least 25 suspected drug cartel members in a raid and gun battle near the U.S. border, the Associated Press reported.
AP reported that military aircraft flying over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted gunmen in front of a building. When troops moved in, the gunmen opened fire. Two soldiers were wounded.
Three kidnap victims were rescued during the raid, the Associated Press reported.
In his state of the nation speech Thursday, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon called the increasingly bloody violence in the drug war “the central threat” to the country, according to the Washington Post.
“As we all know, we face unscrupulous criminals with enormous economic capacity and great firepower.”
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