I can imagine this happening in ....say...Detroit
Posted on 11/17/2013 3:35:44 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Morelia (Mexico) (AFP) - Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town in a western Mexico state plagued by drug cartels after clashes with an armed group that left three people dead, officials said.
The Michoacan state government said in a statement that the "self-defense" units seized the town hall and main square of Tancitaro on Saturday.
Some 400 vigilantes kicked out the municipal police and took over security in the town, a source in the CISEN intelligence agency told AFP.
Before taking Tancitaro, the self-defense force exchanged fire with suspected organized crime members in the nearby town of Pareo, said Marco Vinicio Aguilera, an official in the state prosecutor's office.
"Three bodies belonging to members of an armed group were recovered," he said, adding that two vigilantes were wounded in the clash.
The government said the vigilantes were from the towns of Buenavista and Tepalcatepec. Soldiers and state and federal police were deployed to the area.
Several Michoacan towns have taken up arms this year, fed up with the murders, kidnappings and extortion committed by the Knights Templar drug cartel.
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community activism, south of the border style..
It would be happening a lot more if it wasn’t so easy to simply flee to the USA.
Detroit already leads the nation in justifiable homicides.
The Michoacan state government said in a statement that the "self-defense" units seized the town hall and main square of Tancitaro on Saturday. Some 400 vigilantes kicked out the municipal police and took over security in the town... Before taking Tancitaro, the self-defense force exchanged fire with suspected organized crime members in the nearby town of Pareo, said Marco Vinicio Aguilera, an official in the state prosecutor's office. "Three bodies belonging to members of an armed group were recovered," he said, adding that two vigilantes were wounded in the clash. The government said the vigilantes were from the towns of Buenavista and Tepalcatepec.It's a start.
Shoot Shovel and Shut up.
Vigilantism works.
Good for them.
Hmmmm...
Sounds like a well-regulated militia.
“Shoot Shovel and Shut up.”
Heh.
“Have you seen Jose, lately?”
-”Hmmmm, now that you mention it, no I haven’t. I wonder what he’s up to.”
“Well, if you do please let us know, okay.”
-”You betcha....”
““Shoot Shovel and Shut up.”
When Macao was a neglected part of Portugal with one ratty casino it was plagued by Triads (Chinese Mafia) and was a pretty dangerous place. The police were known to be corrupt and the whole city was a dirty stinking pile of poor planning, corruption and rackets combined with bad infrastructure and utilities. Once or twice a week the news in Hong Kong would report about someone’s car being burned or some such triad stuff happening there.
After the PRC took over Macao there were about 150-200 known triad leaders that simply disappeared. There is no record of where they went. There was never a report of a trial or sentence. They have NEVER been found. They’re families asked and the PRC installed government simply shrugged and said “maybe they moved to the mainland”
The violent crime rate in Macao plummeted.
The trick is for a group or government to know when to stop after doing something like that because otherwise you simply replace one demon with another. Evidently the Chinese in Macao did. I hope the Mexicans are as successful.
“We the People” are the sovereign. It appears they are exercising their sovereignty in the face of the failure of government. Let’s see how they handle it compared to the paid “professionals”.
......I think the first “Vigilante Committee”, among thousands, will form in Chicago, Detroit or Los Angeles if these “for fun” killings are not quashed by the cops!
Maybe groups from Chicago, Detroit or Los Angeles should send observer groups down and see how these brave Mexicans are standing up to the cartels.
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