Mexico: First Statement from the Self-Defense Group of Aquila, Michoacán
http://warriorpublications.wordpres...m-the-self-defense-group-of-aquila-michoacan/
August 2013, police arrest members of Aguila Self Defense Group 3 weeks after it was established.
http://warriorpublications.wordpres...m-the-self-defense-group-of-aquila-michoacan/
August 2013, police arrest members of Aguila Self Defense Group 3 weeks after it was established.
Autodefensas Report Surrounding Chayo and La Tuta's Hideout at Michoacan Mountain Ranch
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/01/autodefensas-report-surroud-chayo-and.html
Mexico Drug War: Michoacán in Flames
Michoacán is in flames, but according to the government’s optimism it won’t last. According to Monte Alejandro Rubido, spokesperson for the Commission for the Security and Comprehensive Development of Michoacán, the effective deployment of the federal forces and the substitution of the police in 27 municipalities has resulted that the criminal groups’ room for manoeuvre is “practically reduced to zero”.
Similar words were heard during the last two offensives. Today we know that they were a lie, mere words in the battle for public opinion. Their strategies were a failure. The bad guys maintain control of the territory, have grown their businesses and have expanded their influence in every ambit of society and state power. There is nothing to suggest that things will be different now.
Among others, three new facts distinguish the current government plan from previous plans. First, the pressure from foreign investors to resolve the problem of public insecurity. Second, the war against the Knights Templar Cartel by self-defense groups, a simultaneous expression of public discontent and a creation of the government. And third, the direct intervention of the group from the State of Mexico [Peña Nieto’s home-state and therefore his political allies] in the political life of Michoacán, which is outside the federal [constitutional] structure.
In late 2013, the military operations of the self-defense groups became an international scandal. The drug war in Michoacán became news for the foreign press. Foreign investors warned: structural reforms will not be of any use if the public insecurity problem is not resolved. As a Reuters article on drug trafficking noted:
“the future is uncertain, unless the Mexican government can restore order and win the fight against the Knights Templar Cartel.”...(continued)
http://mexicovoices.blogspot.com/2014/01/mexico-drug-war-michoacan-in-flames.html
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/01/autodefensas-report-surroud-chayo-and.html
Mexico Drug War: Michoacán in Flames
Michoacán is in flames, but according to the government’s optimism it won’t last. According to Monte Alejandro Rubido, spokesperson for the Commission for the Security and Comprehensive Development of Michoacán, the effective deployment of the federal forces and the substitution of the police in 27 municipalities has resulted that the criminal groups’ room for manoeuvre is “practically reduced to zero”.
Similar words were heard during the last two offensives. Today we know that they were a lie, mere words in the battle for public opinion. Their strategies were a failure. The bad guys maintain control of the territory, have grown their businesses and have expanded their influence in every ambit of society and state power. There is nothing to suggest that things will be different now.
Among others, three new facts distinguish the current government plan from previous plans. First, the pressure from foreign investors to resolve the problem of public insecurity. Second, the war against the Knights Templar Cartel by self-defense groups, a simultaneous expression of public discontent and a creation of the government. And third, the direct intervention of the group from the State of Mexico [Peña Nieto’s home-state and therefore his political allies] in the political life of Michoacán, which is outside the federal [constitutional] structure.
In late 2013, the military operations of the self-defense groups became an international scandal. The drug war in Michoacán became news for the foreign press. Foreign investors warned: structural reforms will not be of any use if the public insecurity problem is not resolved. As a Reuters article on drug trafficking noted:
“the future is uncertain, unless the Mexican government can restore order and win the fight against the Knights Templar Cartel.”...(continued)
http://mexicovoices.blogspot.com/2014/01/mexico-drug-war-michoacan-in-flames.html
Mexico's Peña Nieto denies growth of vigilante movement
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldn...-nieto-20140122,0,4240265.story#axzz2r6dNMhHO
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldn...-nieto-20140122,0,4240265.story#axzz2r6dNMhHO
All of them? With the land redistributions and the corporate entities being attacked it makes one wonder if there's a Zapatista in the woodpile somewhere.
Well, it's really complicated. About all I know about it is from this one thread. The gist I got was that they are defending themselves from the Knights Templar. Which is kind of weird, too.
That's the basic plot to the story but there do seem to be other issues and questions about the whole thing.
Whats the gun with its barrel sticking in the ground?? Almost reminds me of an FNC.
