Rivalry Leads to Shoot-Out Between Two Vigilante Groups in Michoacan UPI
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A vigilante stands guard on a bridge during a blockade. Tensions between rival vigilante groups have been running high in Michoacan. (Reuters)

MEXICO CITY - Two rival vigilante groups in Mexico's western state of Michoacan had a violent show-down in La Ruanta that left at least 11 people dead.

The two-hour shoot-out pitted Hipolito Mora's followers against a group led by rival Luis Antonio Torres. Five members of Mora's group and six of Torres' were killed.



Hipolito Mora is founder of one of the "self-defence groups" in Michoacan (Associated Press)

Tensions between Mora's and Torres' groups intensified earlier this year when they traded accusations of infiltration by the Knights Templar and argued over land seized by the drug cartel.

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