| Indigenous Governance System Provides a Model for Community Defense in Mexico Andalusia Knoll - Free Speech Radio News | |
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Armed self-defense efforts in the Mexican state of Michoacán have opened a debate about what Mexican citizens can do to protect themselves against violent drug cartels in a country where arms ownership is heavily restricted. Citizen militias in the states Tierra Caliente region have attracted international media attention and led to the formation of an officially recognized “rural police” force. But in the highlands of the state’s indigenous Purhépecha region, a similar effort has already marked three years of armed, community self-defense… but under a system of traditional indigenous law-enforcement and accountability. Andalusia Knoll has more from Mexico.
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