Police in Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican border...

Police in Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican border city across the Rio Grande from El Paso, patrolled the streets unarmed after their pistols were confiscated by the Mexican army. The army said the confiscation was part of a routine inspection--in Mexico, the army issues weapons and enforces arms regulations--but angry Juarez officials vowed to set up citizens’ patrols unless the 139 service revolvers are returned. The army answers to the federal government, controlled by the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, but Juarez is controlled by the opposition National Action Party.