Mexican police battle Zetas cartel

File photo - Guatemalan police escort a suspected member of the Zetas drug cartel at the air force base in Guatemala City on March 8, 2012.

File photo - Guatemalan police escort a suspected member of the Zetas drug cartel at the air force base in Guatemala City on March 8, 2012.

Published Aug 13, 2012

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One major challenge for Mexico's police when fighting drug violence is corruption - drug gangs infiltrate the very agencies that are supposed to be fighting crime.

Rachel Levin travelled to the outskirts of Monterrey, where one police force has managed to push out the cartels.

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