Conundrum of Self Defense Groups

MEXICO - Report 29 Jan 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca
Executive Summary The emergence in some states of civilian groups formed for purposes of self-defense against criminal gangs poses new challenges for the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto and the Mexican state in general. Nowhere is that challenge more acute at this moment than in the state of Michoacan, which has reemerged as ground zero in the battle against lawlessness six years after ex President Felipe Calderon launched his signature war on organized crime in that same state. The self-defense groups, which sometimes style themselves as ‘community police,’ came to prominenc...

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