Mexican Government Claims Vigilantes Fading Despite Contrary Reports Andrew O'Reilly - Fox News Latino
go to original June 14, 2013

Armed vigilantes stand at the entrance to the town of Tierra Colorada, Mexico. (AP)

To some, they are villains bringing order to a land of lawlessness. To others, they are thugs masked as heroes who are making an already violent situation much worse.

And whether the infamous vigilante groups in Mexico are strengthening or growing weaker in the western state of Michoacán has also come under intense debate.

Mexican authorities claim that the large military deployment to the state has brought the vigilante movement to a virtual standstill, although the emergence of other so-called self-defense groups in the region has raised doubts about the claims.

Modern vigilante groups – a violent form of community policing – began about two years ago as a way for local communities to protect themselves from extortion and violence related to the country’s ongoing drug war. They are mostly in Mexican states where drug cartels are strongest.

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