Who's Running Mexico?

“Ten students on their way to receive government scholarships were killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the state of Durango,” reports the LA Times this morning. Which: Jesus Christ. One could safely assume this was not a military checkpoint? “The checkpoint appeared to be the ad hoc type of roadblock often set up by drug traffickers who control parts of Durango, not a military installation, state prosecutors said.” And: “Interior Minister Fernando Gomez Mont… denied that the checkpoint was staffed by soldiers.” So… the government had to deny that the military butchered a bunch of teens and pre-teens? That’s a lot of denials!