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Over 100 Women Take Up Arms in Mexico to Defend Community
Latin America Herald Tribune ^
| August 21, 2013
Posted on 08/24/2013 7:43:08 PM PDT by Coleus
The women signed up over the past four days with the UPOEG, Xaltianguis community self-defense force commander Miguel Angel Jimenez said
MEXICO CITY – More than 100 women in the southern Mexican town of Xaltianguis have taken up arms to protect their community from organized crime groups, a local self-defense force official said Monday.
The women signed up over the past four days with the Union of Peoples and Organizations of Guerrero State, or UPOEG, Xaltianguis community self-defense force commander Miguel Angel Jimenez told reporters.
“We have an average of nine groups” of community police, with each one made up of 12 women who will work in the daytime in the neighborhoods of Xaltianguis, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the resort city of Acapulco, Jimenez said.
The women will be trained in the use of firearms and carry the same weapons as men, Jimenez said.
The vigilante group has only about 80 firearms and the weapons are rotated among members, Jimenez said.
“I trust that the people, once they know that the women are participating,” will provide more weapons, Jimenez said.
Women were among the biggest supporters when the community self-defense forces were being formed, telling men that “either you join or I join,” Jimenez said.
“Women are brave and we are capable of defending our town,” said Silvia Hipolito, a mother of two who joined the self-defense group.
The women will learn how to use firearms and work schedules that allow them to continue taking care of their homes, Hipolito said.
UPOEG, whose members are armed and wear hoods, was created in January in Guerrero state’s Costa Chica region.
The self-defense group controls access to communities and polices them to fight crime blamed on drug traffickers and other organized crime groups.
Vigilante groups have appeared in recent months in several Mexican states, with the largest number being reported in Guerrero and the western state of Michoacan.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; firearms; guncontrol; guns; mafia; mexico; organizedcrime; rtkba; secondamendment; upoeg; xaltianguis
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posted on
08/24/2013 7:43:09 PM PDT
by
Coleus
To: Coleus
Mexican female militia good, George Zimmerman and Tea Party bad.
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posted on
08/24/2013 7:46:40 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
To: Coleus
if they need more guns i’m sure the justice department would send some down.
To: Coleus
Where are the magnificent 7?
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posted on
08/24/2013 7:48:00 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: saganite
“Generosity. That was my first mistake.”
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posted on
08/24/2013 7:54:12 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Coleus
They might prove up to the task. Their forebearers were.
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posted on
08/24/2013 7:57:50 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Coleus
Yes! When I was in Mexico in 2011, I had occasion to go up into some little towns near Oaxaca. We went to one where we had to call ahead and get permission to enter, because the locals had barricades on the road.
One of the families there had a son who had gotten involved with the drug gangs, and the village literally kicked out the entire family, set up a “border post” (manned all the time by armed males from the town), and would only drop the chains if they knew who you were and why you were coming to their town.
Once you got there, they were wonderful people, passing around the mescal, and I had a great time! I’m going back later this year...
But the sad thing is that these are just armed citizens, male or female. They are the ones who have to defend themselves and their towns in Mexico and they really can’t rely on the paid “forces of order.” This is partly because there is still some corruption, but mostly because the drug gangs are better armed and much more aggressive. Unfortunately, because of leftist international policies that favor drugs and the union connections of the lefty drug gangs, the police and military are not able to respond with the force required.
There should be drug-gang carcasses hanging from every lamp-post in Mexico.
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posted on
08/24/2013 7:59:09 PM PDT
by
livius
To: Coleus
I hope thier weapons are better than the ones the DNC sells to the cartels and Al Qeda.
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posted on
08/24/2013 8:48:17 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(The reason we are where we are today is the belief that posting on a website will fix the nation.)
To: Coleus
When Momma aint happy, aint nobody happy.
To: 1st Division guy
if they need more guns im sure the justice department would send some down.No, the justice department sends weapons to drug cartels, not every day citizens, who defend themselves from said cartels.
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posted on
08/24/2013 9:42:20 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Yesterday I couldn't spell it. Today I are one, a creepy a$$ cracker)
To: livius
There should be drug-gang carcasses hanging from every lamp-post in Mexico.
And Arizona....
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posted on
08/25/2013 1:36:22 AM PDT
by
S.O.S121.500
(Case back hoe for sale or trade for diesel wood chipper....Enforce the Bill of Rights. It's the Law!)
To: BenLurkin
Is that a US Model of 1917 rifle the lady standing in front has? If so, what is the date of the photo and where did she get that rifle?
It might be from the Christero war in the late 1920's
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posted on
08/25/2013 6:14:09 AM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Because 2 terms with Jerry Brown as Governor was all I could take.)
To: Coleus
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posted on
08/25/2013 7:12:57 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Coleus
Coming soon to a city near you.
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posted on
08/25/2013 9:18:00 AM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
To: Coleus
Trust me you don’t want tick off Mexican Mamas LOL!
They go all Warrior Queen on your a***
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posted on
08/25/2013 10:14:42 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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