Mexican Government Arms Vigilantes to Fight Cartels: Uniforms and assault rifles were given to hundreds of vigilantes in Mexico, according to multiple reports. The armed civilians will be transformed into Mexico's new rural police force. The Telegraph reported that Mexican authorities made the decision in response to the increasingly menacing drug cartels in the country.
Over 450 farmers reportedly lined up at a cattle ranch in Tepalcatepec, a rural town in Michoacan, Mexico, on May 10 to receive the equipment from government officials.
Federal official Alfredo Castillo reportedly told the new rural police force, "From now on, you are in charge of defending your brothers, your families, your neighbors and anybody who can be harmed by organized crime."
Vigilante leader Estanislao Beltran allegedly said, "With this, we become legal. We are part of the government."
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