Richardson Sends State Police to Mexico Border: "New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson ordered more state police to the Mexico border on Wednesday in response to spiraling drug violence on the Mexican side, his office said.

The state troopers are being deployed in and around the town of Columbus, north of Palomas in Mexico, his office said in a news release. It was not immediately clear how many police were being dispatched.

Six people have been murdered in Palomas in the past two weeks, and some of the"