Michoacan: Cherán Community Self Defense In Mexico’s Drug War - Audio Interviews

Michoacan: Cherán Community Self Defense In Mexico’s Drug War - Audio Interviews Clayton Conn, 2011   Since April 15th, members of the P’urhépecha indigenous community of Cherán, Michoacán have self-organized community defense committees to protect themselves from violence amidst Mexico’s drug war. The community of some 20,000 people has faced kidnappings, murders, and threats from illegal loggers who are backed and protected by organized crime. Violence escalated in April after community...

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