A destroyed armored truck sits on the side of the road on the outskirts of the city of Ciudad Mier, Mexico, Friday Nov. 19, 2010. Locals refer to it in hushed tones as "The Monster," a 10-wheel gravel truck used by the Zetas drug gang with a 5-yard (meter) freight box, entirely covered in 1 1/4-inch steel plate welded into the box to cover firing positions for about 10 gunmen; in the cab, the thick steel plate covered the engine, the windshield and the doors, punctuated by hinged covers for gun ports, and massive steel rams welded onto what can only be called the prow of the craft. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)