Mexico City - With the limitations of an Acting Governor, normalistas [Teachers College students] and inflamed teachers in the streets, the Michoacán government now faces another problem: the emergence of another army of community guards in Uruapan, Michoacán's second largest city after Morelia, the capital.
Ferrís also says that the only group recognized legally is that of Cherán, because the Congress of Michoacán authorized it based on the tradition of uses and customs endorsed by the United Nations.
But today [Monday, April 29] they returned. For the second consecutive day, the group installed a barricade at one of the access roads to the city of Uruapan, where they reviewed any motor unit that passed by.
According to police sources, about 70 people were stationed at the access road to the Century XXI Highway. Spanish original
With the birth of this new group, there are now a total of more than 116 the self-styled "community guards," according to Octavio Ferrís Leal, former commander of intelligence in the government of Lázaro Cárdenas Batel.
In an interview, Ferrís Leal declared that they have started to emerge "like the Ivy" in Michoacán, and many of them are part of organized crime gangs. A former CISEN [National Security and Investigation Center under SEGOB, Secretariat for Government Affairs] agent, Ferrís Leal has diplomas from the FBI, DEA and the U.S. State Department.
In an interview, Ferrís Leal declared that they have started to emerge "like the Ivy" in Michoacán, and many of them are part of organized crime gangs. A former CISEN [National Security and Investigation Center under SEGOB, Secretariat for Government Affairs] agent, Ferrís Leal has diplomas from the FBI, DEA and the U.S. State Department.
"This is dangerous, because it can cause a social explosion, not just in the state governed by an inept and incompetent PRI, but throughout the country; this state [Michoacán] could be the 'fuse'," he warned.Ferrís said that the Federal Police have detected more than 116 groups of "community guards" in Michoacán, especially in the Tierra Caliente ['Hot Land' along Pacific Coast], where various organized crime groups impose their law.
They are in most of the Purépecha Meseta [Highlands], Apatzingán, Buena Vista Tomatlán, La Ruana, Aguililla, Tepalcatepec, Zamora, Huetamo, San Lucas, Tzitztio, San Juan Nuevo, Uruapan, Tuzantla, Tiquicheo, Huetamo, Nocupétaro, San Lucas, Zitácuaro, Santa Clara, Opopeo, Coahuayana, Aquila, Lázaro Cárdenas, among other places ... .
Ferrís also says that the only group recognized legally is that of Cherán, because the Congress of Michoacán authorized it based on the tradition of uses and customs endorsed by the United Nations.
The new community guard of Uruapan made its debut last Sunday without arms, clad only in white T-shirts with emblazoned with the text "I am Community" and "Everyone against bad government".
From 9:00 AM, the contingent was posted at various locations: Industrial Boulevard at the entrance to Pemex, the free highway to Pátzcuaro, the Cofradia [Brotherhood], the junction of Zumpimito bound for San Juan Nuevo, and the road to Paracho in front of the Fernández gas station.
From 9:00 AM, the contingent was posted at various locations: Industrial Boulevard at the entrance to Pemex, the free highway to Pátzcuaro, the Cofradia [Brotherhood], the junction of Zumpimito bound for San Juan Nuevo, and the road to Paracho in front of the Fernández gas station.
The protesters stopped motorists. Bus drivers were asked to identify themselves and, in some cases, they reviewed the buses without attacking anyone.
Around noon, federal agents moved to various points where there were people with their faces covered with bandannas, and they [federal agents] asked them to withdraw. The presumed community guards withdrew without confrontations.
Around noon, federal agents moved to various points where there were people with their faces covered with bandannas, and they [federal agents] asked them to withdraw. The presumed community guards withdrew without confrontations.
But today [Monday, April 29] they returned. For the second consecutive day, the group installed a barricade at one of the access roads to the city of Uruapan, where they reviewed any motor unit that passed by.
According to police sources, about 70 people were stationed at the access road to the Century XXI Highway. Spanish original