Catholic Church Leaders Blames Drug Gangs for Michoacan Violence Adam Raney - Al Jazeera
go to original November 7, 2013

Federal government urged to try to stop bloodshed after deadly clashes in Michoacan left half a million without power. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Tierra Caliente. (Al Jazeera)

Drug-related clashes in Mexico's western state of Michoacan left five people dead, and half a million without power, last month.

Now, the local Catholic Church has come out strongly against the drug cartels, which it says are responsible for much of the violence.

It has called on the federal government to step in and stop the bloodshed.

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