Rights Activists and Vigilante Leaders Urge More 'Self-Defense' Groups TIME
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Jose Manuel Mireles, Hipolito Mora Michoacan vigilante group leaders Jose Manuel Mireles, left, and Hipolito Mora stand to acknowledge cheers from supporters, at the start of a national meeting of self-defense groups in Mexico City. (Rebecca BlackwellAP)

MEXICO CITY — Human rights activists and vigilante leaders who rose up to fight a drug cartel in western Mexico on Wednesday urged Mexicans to form “self-defense” groups to demand public security and justice.

In a meeting Wednesday, they called on the people of Mexico to declare themselves members of “self-defense” groups but without arming themselves.

Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles, one of the vigilante movement founders in Michoacan state, said there needs to be “consciousness-raising” among Mexicans.

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