Mexico essentially legalized the country's growing "self-defense" groups Monday, while also announcing that security forces had captured one of the four top leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel, which the vigilante groups have been fighting for the last year.
The government said it had reached an agreement with vigilante leaders to incorporate the armed civilian groups into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defense Corps. Vigilante groups estimate their numbers at 20,000 men under arms.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Another big win for the vigilantes in Mexico
Amazing what can happen when the people take their destiny in their own hands:
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Off topic sort of but at Ace's place that picture of Machine Gun Kelly...would that be Old Paco totin' that tommy? Kinda looks like you.
ReplyDeleteNot me, but my father, Old Paco, used to have one of those when he was a deputy sheriff.
ReplyDeletePaco has no Tommy Gun, Paco has Tommy cooker?
ReplyDeleteCheers