People of Michoacan, Mexico, Ask, 'Why Isn't the Army Disarming the Narcos?' Jose Gil Olmos - Proceso
go to original May 23, 2013

According to media related to the armed forces, in just five days the Mexican Army has imposed calm in the Tierra Caliente [Hot Country] of Michoacan, where the Knights Templar set up an empire of terror that provoked a popular rebellion in three municipalities adjacent to the state of Jalisco.

But that information is not entirely true, because the situation there remains tense and residents of Buenavista Tomatlán, Tepalcatepec and Coalcomán have not surrendered their weapons to the military. They distrust the army, saying they do not know the region and even less the Knights Templar, who have taken over almost the entire area rich in the production of timber, limes, avocados and minerals.

When talking to people in the three municipalities - livestock producers, farmers, traders, officials and parents - they launched a direct question:

"Why disarm citizen vigilante groups who just want to reassure people, and not the criminals who walk around loose in cities like Apatzingán?"

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