Mexican Federal Police (Policía Federal) have foiled an alleged plot to assasinate the President of Mexico <name>Felipe Calderón</name>. Acting on intelligence gathered over a year the Federal Police arrested five drug cartel members on Sunday and publicly paraded their captives and a number of weapons ,including automatic rifles, on Monday. Speaking during a summit of North American leaders <name>Calderón</name> played down the threats on his life, saying that the cartels are being destroyed by his policies.

Some 11000 have died since President <name>Calderón's</name> took office in 2006 and made the war on drugs a cornerstone of his administration.