Autodefensas
New Rural Police Force Emerges After the Death of Mexico's Autodefensas
The force will be temporarily active and its members can join the municipal police force, after regional security has been reestablished.
In Photos: Mexico’s Autodefensas Lay Down Their Arms
In the past few days, the disarmament of autodefensas in Michoacán has become a mass registration of weapons.
Inside the Autonomous Mexican Community That Ejected Drug Cartels
Three years ago residents of Cherán, tired of the narco-violence and illegal logging, rose up in arms to reclaim their community.
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Mexico’s Self-Defense Militias Follow Cartels Into Deadly Internal Conflict
Mexican "autodefensa" groups were founded to protect citizens from drug cartel violence. Now they too have descended into bloodshed.
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