MEXICAN President Felipe Calderon headed to his country’s most violent city yesterday after deadly attacks on US consular staff and their families upped the ante in his battle against drug gangs.

A Mexican beauty queen arrested in a truck filled with weapons has been remanded in custody as police probe possible drug trafficking and gun charges.

A MEXICAN governor suspended an entire state police force on Monday to shake up the force after two senior officers were accused of cutting deals with powerful drug traffickers.