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Weekly Report - 14 December 2023 (WR-23-50)
MEXICO: Violence flares in Edomex
Extortion and the rights of citizens to protect themselves against criminal groups are issues that have come to the forefront in Mexico following a violent incident in the south of Mexico’s most populous state, Estado de México (Edomex), on 8 December. The incident, which saw the local community rise up against members of the Familia Michoacana drug trafficking organisation (DTO) who had come to collect extortion payments, serves as a reminder of the ‘self-defence’ movement that sprung up in neighbouring Michoacán and Guerrero states in 2013 and raises questions around the presence of the State in the region.
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