knights templar
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Mexico’s plan to incorporate citizen self-defense forces known as “autodefensas” into its official security strategy in the state of Michoacán is going about as well as expected. While the militias had some success in rolling back the influence of the Knights Templar cartel in their state, their reputation has been marred by deadly infighting among various factions,
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 13 April to 19 April 2014 The Council of Self-Defense Forces of Michoacán (CAM), made up of leaders from 20 autodefensas, has agreed to a deal with the government, but as InSight Crime noted, “[t]he deadline is so far the only clear point” of the
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 30 March to 5 April 2014 According to the president of Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), the vast majority of violent crimes in Mexico go unreported – upwards of 90% by one estimate. A study produced by the Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 17 March to 22 March 2014. A draft report released this week by Christof Heyns, special rapporteur for the United Nations on Extrajudicial Executions, concluded that Mexico has experienced “numerous extrajudicial executions by the armed forces and the cartels, often without any accountability” as
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Cross-posted with Conflict Journal This is a weekly roundup of events from 9 March to 17 March 2014. The head of Mexico’s federal police force has resigned as of Monday; Manuel Mondragon stepped down from his position as head of the National Security Commission but will still be working with the department on strategy efforts in
Mike LaSusa 