Pdf violencia y autodefensas comunitarias en michoacan, mexico. Autodefensas, ultimas noticias e informacion sobre autodefensas. Our approach proposes three general issues to draw a picture of what happened. Two years of the autodefensas movement in michoacan. Autodefensas selfdefenders or policia comunitaria community police or policia popular peoples police are vigilante selfdefense groups that arose in the gulf of mexico and south mexico regions between 2012 and 20. Once again, i think that the heading for this section could be improved so i will probably change it to history of autodefensas. However, a major copy edit was inappropriate at that time because of the issues specified below, or the other tags now found on this article. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over.
Warning thread the autodefensas of michoacan might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. I will fix the wording and focus this section of the effects that the war on drugs had on civilians in michoacan because this is the part that is relevant to the topic of the article as a whole. Ahora solo queda velar eternamente sus almas con justicia. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The north american free trade agreement had led to a. Doctor mireles was charismatic and well equipped to lead the autodefensas groups because of his political experience with the institutional revolutionary party. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading todos somos autodefensas. The contributions of migrants from michoacan living in the united states. The reappearance of autodefensas in michoacan borderland beat. Mar 24, 2015 two years later, the future of michoacan and the autodefensas selfdefenses movement remains in question. The article discusses the emergence of selfdefense groups in michoacan from february 20 in response to the control over daily life exercised by the drug cartels. Sick of the violence, the abuses and the indifference and complicity with which the authorities were treating the narcotraffickers, the citizens decided to solve the problems that none of the three levels of government. Two years of the autodefensas movement in michoacan, mexico. The principal founder of the community selfdefense forces in michoacan and guerrero was jose.
Autodefensas en michoacan pdf download serristmosti. The principal founder of the community selfdefense forces in michoacan and guerrero was jose manuel mireles valverde who was a doctor from michoacan. What explains the emergence of vigilante organizations. The binary narrative of the performance of selfdefense. Two years later, the future of michoacan and the autodefensas selfdefenses movement remains in question. Jose manuel mireles valverde born 24 october 1958 is a mexican medical doctor and former leader and founder of the paramilitary selfdefense groups that fought against the knights templar cartel, and other cartels, in the state of michoacan and others, in mexico. Autodefensas selfdefenders or policia comunitaria community police or policia popular. Mireles emerged as an important figure within the selfdefense militias during the fall of 20 as selfdefense groups were. Inequality and the emergence of vigilante organizations. On february 24, 20, the citizens of the municipality of tecalpatepec, in the heart of the tierra caliente region of the mexican state of michoacan, rose up in armed resistance against the caballeros templarios knights templar cartel. Throughout the world, vigilantes emerge to illegally punish perceived criminals, often leading to serious consequences.
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