Northern Mexico fears return to dark past after gunfights
By MARIA VERZA, Associated Press VILLA UNION, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's president says he wants to fight drug cartels with "hugs, not bullets," but after 23 people were killed in a weekend gunbattle in the border state of Coahuila, some communities want a more forceful strategy to prevent cartel assailants from reimposing a reign of terror. Residents of the small town of Villa Union said Tuesday that