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A rash of drug cartel violence in Mexico

In Mexico's Jalisco state, a day of mayhem by drug traffickers on May 1 included the burning of banks and gasoline stations and the erecting of nearly 40 roadblocks using flaming vehicles. Above, a branch of Banamex in the city of Autlan a day after the attack.

In Mexico’s Jalisco state, a day of mayhem by drug traffickers on May 1 included the burning of banks and gasoline stations and the erecting of nearly 40 roadblocks using flaming vehicles. Above, a branch of Banamex in the city of Autlan a day after the attack.

  (Yuri Cortez / AFP/Getty Images)

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Violence intensified in Mexico before national elections in June.

Helicopter shot down

Soldiers stand guard on May 2 as smoke rises after a military helicopter was shot down in the town of Villa Purificacion. At least six soldiers died in the attack.

  (Yuri Cortez / AFP/Getty Images)

Army confrontation with cartel

Soldiers stand guard on May 3 as vehicles involved in a clash are removed from the site in Villa Purificacion.

  (Yuri Cortez / AFP/Getty Images)

Vehicles burned in Guadalajara

A policeman tries to control traffic next to a burned dump truck in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 1.

  (Refugio Ruiz / Associated Press)

Vehicles burned in Guadalajara

Firefighters work on a burned truck on the Guadalajara-Autlan highway.

  (Hector Guerrero / AFP/Getty Images)

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