Mexico's Feared Knights Templar Drug Cartel May Be Mounting a Comeback Manuel Rueda - Fusion
go to original September 17, 2014

A community police descends the stairs of a Knights Templar public, roadside chapel in Buenavista,  Michoacan. (AP/Marco Ugarte)

They’ve been on the run for the past eight months, but Mexico’s feared Knights Templar drug cartel could be mounting a comeback in the western state of Michoacan, according to posts on Facebook.

Corridos Templarios, a Facebook account that allegedly belongs to the cartel, posted a statement earlier this week claiming the Knights Templar was responsible for a recent attack against rural defense forces in Michoacan.

"The Templar cartel is not in its best moment right now, and we know it," the statement reads. “But we are we are gathering strength… we are still in many towns and we will not leave Michoacan.”

It’s not clear if the message actually comes from the Knights Templar group.

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