Mexico Legalizes Country's Growing Vigilante Groups to Fight Drug Cartels Euronews
go to original January 28, 2014

Government authorities in the Mexican state of Michoacan have signed a deal allowing the police to work with local vigilante “self-defence” volunteer groups.

The agreement with vigilante leaders incorporates their groups into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defence Corps.

Vigilante leaders will have to submit a list of their members to the Defence Department, and the army will apparently temporarily oversee the groups.

Members will be allowed to keep their weapons as long as they register them with the army. It’s not known if the army will offer salaries.

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