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Mexico & Nafta - May 2014 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Another Michoacanazo?
The federal intervention in the troubled state of Michoacán ordered by President Enrique Peña Nieto [RM-14-02] has made some headway in restoring order and prising the grip of organised crime over the state. But after federal security forces arrested several municipal and state government officials accused by the Michoacán self-defence groups of having links with organised crime, local political leaders have warned that the federal authorities must be careful not to unjustly persecute local politicians, as in the infamous Michoacanzo launched by former president Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006-2012).
