Mexican anti-cartel militiamen resisting government plan to demobilize them - The Washington Post

Mexican anti-cartel militiamen resisting government plan to demobilize them - The Washington Post: TANCITARO, Mexico — The Mexican government is facing a crucial test over the coming days as it moves to rein in armed militia groups across the mountain towns of Michoacan, the volatile western state where avocado farmers and lime pickers have banded together to drive out drug cartel gangsters.

While the “self-defense” movement has been celebrated in many corners of Mexico, it has also produced embarrassing images of teenage vigilantes running highway checkpoints and brandishing AK-47s and other weapons that are supposed to be illegal.

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