laststandonzombieisland

In Old Mexico, there has been a very long and bloody war on drugs. This campaign has spilled over the US border in recent years and the US has replied by sending arms and assistance to the Mexican government. Well the fact is that most of this effort is spent in Mexico City and along the US border, with little left for other parts of the country. The citizens of several of these forgotten states have taken matters into their own hands.

Certain parts of the Republic have always had a tenuous relationship with the central government in Mexico City. To say that Michoacan is one of them is an understatement. With the exception of the Yucatan and Chihuahua, Michoacan has always been the most anti-Federal part of the country. The state and several of its residents played a major role in the Mexican War of Independence. Then twice in the 20th Century, during the Mexican Revolution (1911-1918) and the anti-Catholic Cristero War (1926-29), the state was a battleground.

The thing is, Michoacan, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast and far from the US border, has a beautiful port at Lzaro Crdenas. While trade of all sorts should make the state rich, its trade in illegal drugs from South America, just to the south, that has the narco-trafficers fighting for control. This had led to a turf battle between numerous large drug gangs for control of the region. Currently, the Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templars), formed in 2011 from remnants of the defunct La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, is the big hitter in the state. But they are being pushed out by the local…

Citizen’s militia..

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