Michoacan Governor Says His State is Calmer Following Army Deployment La Prensa
go to original May 23, 2013

Members of a community militia maintain a checkpoint in the western Mexican state of Michoacan. (EFE)

MEXICO CITY - This week's deployment of Mexican army soldiers in Michoacan has brought "tranquility" to the violence-wracked western state, Gov. Jesus Reyna said Thursday.

Acknowledging the state is not "100 percent" calm, the governor told MVS radio that "the results have been good."

He said his administration asked President Enrique Peña Nieto for military help "to re-establish completely the institutional order" amid the rise of armed militias that had taken it upon themselves to police their own communities.

The military deployment sparked an incident Wednesday in the Michoacan municipality of Buenavista Tomatlan, where, according to media accounts, residents briefly held 24 soldiers captive at the local police station.

Reyna rejected the press' version of events, insisting that residents had only blocked a highway to protest the arrest of four militia members.

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