By Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug trade.

Mexican druglords are taking over the business of smuggling migrants into the United States, using them as human decoys to divert authorities from billions of dollars in cocaine shipments across the same border. U.S.

MEXICO CITY _ Authorities said Monday they have arrested a top operator for the Gulf drug cartel who was in charge of operations in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon and its capital city, Monterrey.

By Laurence Iliff, The Dallas Morning News Apr. 17--MEXICO CITY -- Mexican soldiers detained more than 100 police officers Monday in the Texas border state of Nuevo Leon, and authorities said the officers would be held in custody and investigated on suspicion of helping drug traffickers.

By Julie Watson Associated Press MEXICO CITY -- D