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Weekly Report - 03 April 2014 (WR-14-13)
MEXICO: Another blow against the Templarios
The federal authorities are totting up a new victory in their campaign against Los Caballeros Templarios (LCT) drug trafficking organisation (DTO) in Michoacán: the killing of another of the DTO’s top leaders. It has also announced a policy shift towards the "self-defence" groups (autodefensas) after having arrested another leading figure of that movement on a charge of involvement in the murder of a mayor.
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