Mexico’s War Against the Autodefensas Continues

By Robert Farago

Mexico’s autodefensas are citizen militias, illegally armed to defend against drug gangs’ rape, torture, extortion and murder of inhabitants. And government apathy and collusion with the crimes. (Who occasionally engage in bloody turf wars masquerading as law enforcement with the cartels.) While the American government arms dubious allies in the Middle East, they turn a blind eye to the persecution of Mexico’s war on autodefensas. Here’s a report from the crackdown south of the border . . .

To anyone following the imprisonment of autodefensa leader Dr. Manuel Mireles, it is a no brainer, that because there is an election on June 7th, it means the Michoacán autodefensa spokesman will remain in prison until the elections are over.

The government has been meticulous in shutting down the “genuine” autodefensas movement in the coastal region of Michoacán. Popular and respected leaders have been imprisoned, or have been killed. As it stands there are about 500 autodefensas imprisoned.

Some autodefensas have taken to political tactics to create change, running for various offices.

Dr. Mireles good friend, Enrique Hernández Salcedo, former autodefensas leader of Yurécaro, was running for the municipal’s mayor, when he was assassinated last week. Like Dr Mireles, Hernández …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns