Posted on 01/21/2013 9:13:46 PM PST by george76
Tired of the scourge of organized crime, civilians in two rural towns in southwestern Mexico have taken matters into their own hands over the last two weeks.
Since the second week of January, around 800 masked and armed residents have set up vigilante groups who are manning checkpoints, imposing curfews and arresting alleged criminals.
This unofficial police force says they are providing security for the municipalities of Ayutla de los Libres and Teconoapa in Guerrero state, an area that has been hit hard by Mexico's drug violence.
More than 70,000 people killed across the country since 2006 and residents in Guerrero, home to the Pacific resort town of Acapulco, say that drug gangs were committing trafficking, extortion and kidnapping.
Armed with rifles, pistols and machetes, the vigilantes ordered a 10 p.m. curfew for the two towns and are hunting those who they believe have been involved.
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Sawed off 410?
Yeah. I hope the bad guys don't have any snipers versus those shotguns.
To Bipolar Bob:
Don’t worry. Obama is sending his pet rat, Gov. Cuomo, down to Mexico to write their gun control laws. Can’t let the peasants have weapons to defend themselves, can they?
To #9: To quote Mary Katherine Stewart in “Night of the Comet”, re Robert Beltran’s little .38, “Oh, is that for Friday night in the bario”?
She had an MAc 10 in the movie. Her sister had a Tec9.
I love beautiful women who know their weapons.
A gun manufactured in an illegal gun factory is what that baby is.
You mean like the military-grade weapons that Eric Holder provided to these drug cartels that have been massacring innocent villagers?
The name Holder did enter my thoughts.
These guys are breaking Mexican law by bearing arms outside their homes.
Which is presumably why they are masked.
I would never wear a mask.
Eric the Red - fighting the innocent wherever he finds them.
If this spreads to the whole country it’ll be the end of the cartels. Now let’s hope they can keep the Commies out of it.
I bet the same thing will start happening in the US, and though face masks may not be popular hoodies and ski masks may. have to have something that will hide your identity from all the cameras and drones.
FLIR or thermal imaging is the one to really prep for, any way to conceal or distort your thermal image will give you mortal longevity.
It’s...... MACHETE!!
Doubtful. Yearly revenues from illegal drug exports to the US were estimated at around $14B.¹ For comparison, Mexico's oil exports in 2010 totaled around $36B.²
Both the Mexican government and the cartels will see to it that illegal drugs keep coming. They can't afford not to.
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¹ http://www.thecrimereport.org/archive/14-billion-in-annual-us-drug-purchases-via-mexico-drug-czar
²http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/pemex-export-revenues-hit-us359bn-in-2010-up-40
This is great. May the Lord keep and protect those attempting to live as free men!
it could never happen here...not
Both the Mexican government and the cartels will see to it that illegal drugs keep coming. They can't afford not to.
Demand will always result in supply; either the current cartels will wise up and dial back the violence, or they'll be supplanted by wiser suppliers.
Of course, there wouldn't be billions in profit to be had if not for the War On Drugs. Just sayin' ...
What are they fighting with? Slingshots?
We're talking Guerrero here. One of the most historically violent and corrupt states in all of olde México. In fact, for years before the cartels, Guerrero was famous for having the highest murder rate in the country. Could be these bad boys just want a piece'o'the action.
Let's not invite'em over to the gun club just yet, OK?
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