Mexican Vigilantes In Response to Cartel Violence

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Mexican Vigilantes In Response to Cartel Violence

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AYUTLA, Mexico – The young man at the roadside checkpoint wept softly behind the red bandanna that masked his face. At his side was a relic revolver, and his feet were shod in the muddy, broken boots of a farmer.
Haltingly, he told how his cousin's body was found in a mass grave with about 40 other victims of a drug gang. Apparently, the cousin had caught a ride with an off-duty soldier and when gunmen stopped the vehicle, they killed everyone on the car.
"There isn't one of us who hasn't felt the pain ... of seeing them take a family member and not being able to ever get them back," said the young civilian self-defense patrol member, who identified himself as "just another representative of the people of the mountain."


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Re: Mexican Vigilantes In Response to Cartel Violence

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This will be a very hard battle to fight.

It takes only one to betray or pass the word or even take family's captive and take out these vigilantes.
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Re: Mexican Vigilantes In Response to Cartel Violence

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Steadfast wrote:This will be a very hard battle to fight.

It takes only one to betray or pass the word or even take family's captive and take out these vigilantes.

Agreed. However, maybe the Mexican people are finally pissed enough to pay the price needed to fix thier shit. I doubt it they've been sucking off us for too long.

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