Vigilantes Block Acapulco-Zihuatanejo Highway in South Mexico to Demand Safety Latin American Herald Tribune
go to original June 22, 2013

An armed vigilante group in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero blocks the highway on Friday between the Mexican port of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo to demand that the federal government rid the area of the organized crime group Caballeros Templarios. (EFE)

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico - A vigilante group in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Friday blocked the highway between the Mexican port of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo to demand that the federal government enact measures to restore safety to the region.

Residents of the Tecpan de Galeana municipality, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Zihuatanejo, blocked traffic on the federal highway starting Thursday "to demand that the president (Enrique Peña Nieto) clear the area of organized crime," Leopoldo Soberanis told Efe.

In a statement over the phone, Soberanis, a leader of the self-described Citizen Self-Protection Group, said the presence of the Caballeros Templarios crime organization in the region "has hurt tourism and the production of our villages."

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