Two years of the autodefensas movement in michoacan. Mar 24, 2015 two years ago, citizens of the mexican state of michoacan, rose up in armed resistance against the knights templar cartel. The article discusses the emergence of selfdefense groups in michoacan from february 20 in response to the control over daily life exercised by the drug cartels. As autodefensas groups grew, it was hard to maintain a centralized group of leaders. Autodefensas selfdefenders or policia comunitaria community police or policia popular peoples police are vigilante selfdefense groups that arose in the gulf of mexico and south mexico regions between 2012 and 20. Movimiento social, paramilitarismo y neocaciquismo. At this juncture, they threw five human heads wrapped in plastic onto the dance floor.
America, and take steps to properly regulate the autodefensas and promptly. Manuel mireles, founder of the autodefensas in michoacan, has returned to his city of tepalcatepec this morning shortly before 9 am. In february 20, localities affected by narcoviolence in michoacan, mexico. In january 2014, vigilante groups in the mexican state of michoacan made. The reappearance of autodefensas in michoacan borderland beat. Because of the lack of oversight of autodefensas groups, these organizations began to be joined by former cartel members and people who felt above the law. Mexico institute woodrow wilson international center for. The evolution of organized crime and violence in michoacan.
He has arrived to the city, will meet with autodefensas coordinators and attend the autodefensas anniversary celebration that will be held at 9pm this evening. The mexican government has attempted to monitor and absorb these groups into the federal government to act as rural police in order to avoid clashes between the. Sick of the violence, the abuses and the indifference and complicity with which the authorities were treating the narcotraffickers, the citizens decided to solve the problems that none of the three levels of government. Autodefensas en michoacan pdf download serristmosti. Warning thread the autodefensas of michoacan might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. Our approach proposes three general issues to draw a picture of what happened. University of pittsburgh graduate school for public and. Two years of the autodefensas movement in michoacan, mexico. One problem that autodefensas groups faced was a lack of resources, specifically guns. While certain crime indicatorsnotably homicidehave fallen significantly throughout much of. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over.
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