Vigilantes in Michoacan, Mexico

Jul 1, 2021

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Bürgerwehr in Michoacan, Mexiko Ario de Rosales (Mexico), 01 07 2021.- Self-defense groups of Pueblos Unidos guard roads with barricades on 29 June 2021, in the Ario de Rosales Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico (issued 01 July 2021). Armed with assault rifles, hundreds of men have set up barricades to protect the avocado-growing area in at least four municipalities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan. But state authorities are analyzing dismantling these civilians, as they see signs that they are sponsored by drug trafficking, which is very present in the region. Tension in the avocado area of Mexico due to the uprising of armed civilians !ACHTUNG: NUR REDAKTIONELLE NUTZUNG! Copyright: xIvanxVillanuevax MEX6071 20210701-f565b5549c80fe3a07d78b47d8c018983a33337b
Bürgerwehr in Michoacan, Mexiko Ario de Rosales (Mexico), 01 07 2021.- Self-defense groups of Pueblos Unidos guard roads with barricades on 29 June 2021, in the Ario de Rosales Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico (issued 01 July 2021). Armed with assault rifles, hundreds of men have set up barricades to protect the avocado-growing area in at least four municipalities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan. But state authorities are analyzing dismantling these civilians, as they see signs that they are sponsored by drug trafficking, which is very present in the region. Tension in the avocado area of Mexico due to the uprising of armed civilians !ACHTUNG: NUR REDAKTIONELLE NUTZUNG! Copyright: xIvanxVillanuevax MEX6058 20210701-8d4f71911bbe6e014ecd8f702099924eb418b0ad
Bürgerwehr in Michoacan, Mexiko Ario de Rosales (Mexico), 01 07 2021.- Self-defense groups of Pueblos Unidos guard roads with barricades on 29 June 2021, in the Ario de Rosales Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico (issued 01 July 2021). Armed with assault rifles, hundreds of men have set up barricades to protect the avocado-growing area in at least four municipalities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan. But state authorities are analyzing dismantling these civilians, as they see signs that they are sponsored by drug trafficking, which is very present in the region. Tension in the avocado area of Mexico due to the uprising of armed civilians !ACHTUNG: NUR REDAKTIONELLE NUTZUNG! Copyright: xIvanxVillanuevax MEX6055 20210701-63199db62fa1c4c1fd179ea48a207c3d4580ed31