LatinNews Daily Report - 03 April 2013

The recent spread of ‘self-defence’ or ‘community police’ initiatives, in which neighbours of isolated communities — mostly indigenous— have taken up arms to curb the violent crime in the absence of effective government action, has become a major political issue. The federal government and some state authorities have opted for legalising them, while one official body, opposition politicians, and civic leaders have been warning that this could have dangerous unwanted consequences.

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