Michoacan's Neighbors Boost Border Patrols and Security Measures The News
go to original January 29, 2014

MEXICO CITY – As armed vigilante groups and federal police and military forces take over security in large parts of violence-wracked Michoacán, governments in neighboring states are concerned that the criminal group they are trying to oust will spread across state borders.

Mexico State, Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, Querétaro and Guerrero — the states that border Michoacán — are implementing measures to prevent the spread of self-defense groups and organized crime operations.

The federal government has made it clear that operations in Michoacán needed the help of state and municipal authorities from not only that state, but also from bordering states.

Earlier this month, the federal government sent the Mexican Army into Michoacán’s Tierra Caliente region to reestablish control over a security vacuum, where self-defense groups were moving in on towns controlled by the Knights Templar cartel.

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