The rise of militias in mexico brookings institution. At this juncture, they threw five human heads wrapped in plastic onto the dance floor. Autodefensas causing violence in guerrero and michoacan in. Apr 18, 2014 this feature is not available right now. Our approach proposes three general issues to draw a picture of what happened.
Sick of the violence, the abuses and the indifference and. Selfdefense forces, or autodefensas, are not new in mexico, but a new generation of them has emerged in southwest mexico in recent years in response to criminal activity and the governments. 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. Aristegui noticias desde cualquier medio, periodismo en. Ahora solo queda velar eternamente sus almas con justicia. University of pittsburgh graduate school for public and. When some autodefensas groups began to sell drugs, a new cartel emerged from the autodefensas.
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. Homicidios por cada 100 mil habitantes en michoacan inegi vs. Mar 24, 2015 two years later, the future of michoacan and the autodefensas selfdefenses movement remains in question. The reappearance of autodefensas in michoacan borderland beat. Pdf the article discusses the emergence of selfdefense groups in. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over. On february 24, 20, the citizens of the municipality of tecalpatepec, in the heart of the tierra caliente region of the mexican state of michoacan, rose up in armed resistance against the caballeros templarios knights templar cartel. Pdf narcotrafico y autodefensa comunitaria en tierra caliente.