| Jose Manuel Mireles and Members of 'Self-Defence' Group Detained By Police Al Jazeera | |
| go to original June 28, 2014 |
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Mexican authorities arrested Jose Manuel Mireles, one of the most senior leader of vigilante groups that have been battling drug gangs in the western state of Michoacan, officials said.
A co-founder of Michoacan's vigilante or "self-defence" movement tasked with battling drug gangs, Mireles was arrested on Friday with illegal guns, said Alfred Castillo, the federal government commissioner of Michoacan state, to local media.
Along with Mireles, more than 100 armed men who claimed to be self-defence force members were also arrested in the port city of Lazaro Cardenas, an army source told the AFP news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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