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Weekly Report - 22 May 2014 (WR-14-20)
MEXICO: Revealed: a state in the grip of organised crime
The extent to which Michoacán had become, if not a ‘narco-state’ at least a state in the grip of organised crime, has been emerging over recent weeks with high-profile arrests and the disruption of a large-scale illegal mining operation run by Los Caballeros Templarios (LCT). That these have not given up has been highlighted by their celebration of alliances with members of other gangs in false ‘self-defence’ (autodefensa) organisations.
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