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A new and
complex scenario is again taking place in the region of Tierra Caliente. It is not easy to distinguish the actions of
one group to another, which is why we think that it is necessary to take great
caution with different information that is spreading. For now, we leave this photographic work which
shows a disputed region, a territory that that does not match the peaceful life
that those who live in want. The
Mexican state lies-as usual- in their statements of stability and peace and it
is responsible for having generated more violence rather than taking the role
of listening and serving the people.
Photos By: Alan Ortega
Text By: Heriberto Paredes
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
On Sunday,
December 14, 2014, in a much similiar way as what occurred in late February 2013,
a large number of autodefensas took
up arms in the Michoacán region known as Tierra Caliente. However, the demands are different from those
that prompted the first uprising, now they are also fighting for the release of
383 autodefensas who are still locked
up in various prisons, including Dr. José Mireles Valverde.
Another demand is the dismissal of Viceroy Alfredo Castillo, the special commissioner who was supposed to pacify the state, and for the extermination of the Fuerzas Rurales, the police force created by the federal government to incorporate various autodefensa groups within the institutional structure. It should be noted that a considerable number of members of the Caballeros Templarios-identified and denounced by the same autodefensas and residents of the region-were covered up in this police force, and with the uniform and permission to carry arms, continued to commit abuses and crimes with impunity.
Another demand is the dismissal of Viceroy Alfredo Castillo, the special commissioner who was supposed to pacify the state, and for the extermination of the Fuerzas Rurales, the police force created by the federal government to incorporate various autodefensa groups within the institutional structure. It should be noted that a considerable number of members of the Caballeros Templarios-identified and denounced by the same autodefensas and residents of the region-were covered up in this police force, and with the uniform and permission to carry arms, continued to commit abuses and crimes with impunity.
Apatzingán,
Buenavista Tomatlán, Tepalcatepec, Parácuaro, Cuatro Caminos, Peribán, Los
Reyes, Huetamo, and Uruapan were among some of the towns who saw this new
uprising occur with more than 30 blockades.
Also, throughout the day, several contingents of the Fuerzas
Rurales-mostly groups of ex-Templarios- were present in the streets and roads
in the region and, were trying to take advantage of the situation and confuse
the population, burning their uniforms to “join” the uprising and to legitimize
themselves in front of the people. For
this reason, autodefensas who always
remained as such, decided to confront them and highlight their deception. These are the complex characteristics that
make up the new episode of this process, which, added to the state and national
situation, comes to intensify this socio-political context in all its meanings
and dimensions.
In the series of
photographs we can see the blockades to roads that were carried out on the road
known as Siglo XXI located in the outskirts of Uruapan. (Additional Hi-Res Photos can be found in the source link)
Unlike what
Alfredo Castillo says to the mainstream media, organized crime has not been put
to a halt and on the contrary, has strengthened between the reconfigurations of
groups and under the guise of the Fuerza Rural.
There is a
dispute over control of the territory of Michoacán, esbecually between the autodefensas- who seek to kick out
criminals from their towns and an actual implementation of justice in all
necessary cases- and organized crime who are sometimes shown as state security forces,
and in others as members of Los Viagras (hitmen and criminals who, under the
shelter of the government and the Caballeros Templarios, continue with their
criminal activities and violent acts) and ultimately, as autodefensas.
A new and
complex scenario is again taking place in the region of Tierra Caliente. It is not easy to distinguish the actions of
one group to another, which is why we think that it is necessary to take great
caution with different information that is spreading. For now, we leave this photographic work which
shows a disputed region, a territory that that does not match the peaceful life
that those who live in want. The
Mexican state lies-as usual- in their statements of stability and peace and it
is responsible for having generated more violence rather than taking the role
of listening and serving the people.
Source: SubVersiones
Just wondering is Hipolito Mora now officially AD again?
ReplyDeleteThe Real AD have the upper hand and need to keep every single one of those cdiminal bastards out of the AD before they once again become a cancer! Like Porky pig El Americano!
ReplyDeleteEl Americano what a corrupt fawk,he is just buying time if he is not in the states yet hiding.
ReplyDeleteEl Americano chingasu madre y toda su decendencia, no se van sin pagarla de esta vida y si si cai la maldicion en su decendencia... tu tmb Castillo te va ir de la fregada pinche rata vende patrias de mierda
ReplyDeleteThe poor people of Michoacan. They are the ones who continue to suffer because EPN allied with the cartels and tossed the people aside. It is really hard to believe/understand the level of corruption in Mexico... that the federal government would disarm the citizen's group and ally with cartels.
ReplyDeleteWow... what a cluster fuck. Great job EPN, bastard. I feel for the 43 students (51 actually as Chivis has pointed out).... but Michoacan is the real horror story. It should be getting WAY more international attention.
ReplyDeleteWill the real AD please stand up, please stand up!! Any mind is completely distorted, that thinks for one second...things are better. The way EPN and Castillo try to make things sound,is like everything is all good in sunny Mexico...We are just having a dirty ass war down here, but besides that...life is great for us!
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