The back of the red handkerchief cover his face, and softly cry young man on the side of the road checkpoint. At he nearby of the relics revolver, and his feet good shoes farmers in the muddy worn boots.
Tail off, he said his cousin's body was found in a mass grave duty drug gangs and other forty victims. Obviously, cousin has caught a free soldiers a ride when the gunners to stop vehicles, they kill you for this car.
"We are not a people don't feel pain... see their family members, can't never let them come back, said:" young civilian self-defense patrol members, they called themselves "is a representative of the mountain of the people."
Now, he has participated in southern Mexico GeLeiLuo state hundreds of others to take up arms to defend their village against drug gangs, a vigilante was born frustration, killing and kidnapping blackmail, local police are unable or unwilling movement, stop.
The boxers patrol in Mexico rural town, without authorization, but tend to be tolerated edge, more and more to all parts of the country's armed citizen militia a dozen or more.
"Mexico is experience, crime, what gives the legitimacy of community said," we will assume that the government has been unable to complete the task, "she said, el, human rights activists Rome, group Tlachinollan social forces.
At a checkpoint along the double highway running past mango trees and palm trees, ayoob terra, dust, the sunlight hit the town red WaWu concrete building young man and his masked associates stopped the car. Pigs, chickens and thin wire in the dirt, and mountain's Pacific coast range loom.
The men wore faded t-shirts, leather sandals, the old shotgun or twine sling hung on his shoulders, they stopped the car, check and passing the driver's ID old and number shotguns armed.
Drug gangs headquartered in Acapulco coverage, about 45 miles (75 kilometers) distance, strengthen to the point that they from almost anyone with any property: truck and bus driver, farmers, the shopkeeper for protection money. In a region of farm workers less than $6 every day, growth of everyone is intolerable.
"When they blackmail money rancher, he put forward the price of beef, and said:" the shopkeeper's offer, pone, short, stocky defense patrol commander dressed in brown ski mask and black leather jacket. Due to the patrol is not formally recognized court, laws or government - they worry about drug cartel revenge - most wear a face mask, and refuse to give their full name.
Dangerous one example is in late July, when the city's official police chief was found shot to the edge of the city.
This is a criminal cause movement ayoob terra attack: in early January, gang members who kidnapped a commander of the existing community police forces, in a nearby town.
"Maybe they want to threaten us, but things go contrary to one's wishes, they just wake up people," said an elderly security maintenance, did not have a gun, a piece of straw helmet people.
Since then, priority self-defence movement has spread to other towns and villages, such as las mesa, and El Pericon's. In recent days, the Associated Press reporter saw, 200 ~ 300 masked, armed patrols, hand checkpoints, and in the squad size team. Some people only choppers, but the old pole, bolt action rifle.
They waved gun, each vehicle to stop, and driver's license or id card for voters, they check a handwritten list "Los Angeles malos" or "bad guy". Sometimes they search vehicles, frisk driver.
The commander of the las mesa, vigilante explain their motivation. "We are not against distribute drugs, this is a way they make a living, let anyone want to kill their own drugs do this, we oppose is they and the local people's snarl."
The campaign so far he seems to be is to accept the local people tired of crime bothering this piece of mountainous area highway.
"In less than a month of time, they did some things, army, state and federal police has been unable to do a few years," said a local residents, Leo morales castro, and done the car a checkpoint on Friday. "They are our unsung hero".
A vigilante through embarrassedly waiting for a jar car, ask for donations route. Someone throw COINS or small money.
Housewives Audifa Miranda · arizmendi appeared a VAT chilate, local rice, cacao and cinnamon, made of drinks in El Pericon in maintaining security checkpoint of the masked man. "This is a very good help here, because this is good," she said.
Some of the officials, but also careful to do its own police approval. GeLeiLuo state governor, said his angels to provide uniform, so they will not confuse in masked gang members, but he also said that he is trying to eliminate vigilante need by strengthening the official forces.
Community and aboriginal rights activists often will see a very good choice, in addition to standard of rural police forces, is considered to be damaged or oppression citizen patrol.
But obviously, the security maintenance team problems, even in the first few weeks. In GeLeiLuo state vigilante held, his own account, 44 people were charged with murder crime from theft. Outside the village, where they are held in a makeshift prison, el gaza potter no one know what conditions, they are held in what charge, if any, also have against them.
When the head GeLeiLuo state human rights commission, Juan ALaErKong · el, she, in order to check the prisoner's condition, he met with about 100 angry villagers said, they don't want anyone can access the prisoners. "No, no, no, we need to get back to justice!" The crowd chanting.
"We want to look at what circumstances these people, as a human rights, as a humanitarian problems, ALaErKong said:" el, she. Finally, he and his aides turned to leave, don't know how to continue, because the ego defense team existed in the embarrassing position.
However, citizen patrol idea is spread in Mexico.
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