Masked Mexican vigilantes take to the streets to protect their villages from the drug cartels

the Daily Mail ^ | 21 January 2013

[george76]

Tired of the scourge of organized crime, civilians in two rural towns in southwestern Mexico have taken matters into their own hands over the last two weeks.

Since the second week of January, around 800 masked and armed residents have set up vigilante groups who are manning checkpoints, imposing curfews and arresting alleged criminals.

This unofficial police force says they are providing security for the municipalities of Ayutla de los Libres and Teconoapa in Guerrero state, an area that has been hit hard by Mexico's drug violence.

More than 70,000 people killed across the country since 2006 and residents in Guerrero, home to the Pacific resort town of Acapulco, say that drug gangs were committing trafficking, extortion and kidnapping.

Armed with rifles, pistols and machetes, the vigilantes ordered a 10 p.m. curfew for the two towns and are hunting those who they believe have been involved.

[Right Wing Assault]

Another reason to take guns away from the people.

They aren’t supposed to defend themselves! That’s the job of the corrupt police.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[hosepipe]

Zoro...... RIDES,,,,,,,,,,

[Right Wing Assault]

'We won’t hand any of them (suspects) to any government entity. Their rehabilitation will be handled in the communities,' he said. 'The verdicts will come from there. Those who committed crimes will pay for it, and those who didn’t will be freed.'

Oh, baby! Not a good time to be a bad guy. Real "justice" of the people is about to finally happen.

I love that word "rehabilitation." Sounds like that would hurt like hell! And "justice" would only hurt for a fraction of a second. Then you daid.

[BipolarBob]

Armed with rifles, pistols and machetes, the vigilantes ordered a 10 p.m. curfew

President Obama says that's a bad idea.

[VanShuyten]

The homemade (?) pistol in the last picture is interesting.

[TigersEye]

It was only a matter of time. People can be pushed so far.

[The Cajun]

What the hell is the one on the right, some kind of chopped down, single shot rifle?

[doc1019]

Dead villages in the near future.

[justrepublican]

I thought projectile weapons were illegal in Mexico.

[Milton Miteybad]

Maybe. But it's possible that these villagers, who have apparently been pushed as far as they're willing to go, may take a few of their tormentors with them.

The drug gangs do quite well against unarmed, fearful civilians. We may get to see how well they fare against armed citizens who are pissed off to the point of vigilante justice.

Not necessarily condoning vigilante justice, you understand, but these villagers obviously have decided to stand and defend their ground, probably because they are getting no help from the state of federal governments.

These guys have both my admiration for their courage and my concern for what may befall them.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Armed with rifles, pistols and machetes, the vigilantes ordered a 10 p.m. curfew for the two towns and are hunting those who they believe have been involved.

There's those darn pesky armed citizens getting in the way of the gun control effort again.

Don't they know that if guns were illegal they would not have guns.

[BooBoo1000]

Sure noticed a lot of shotguns in that Mish Mash.

[CottShop]

I wonder when Masked Americans are goign to take to the streets to protect their neighborhoods from the government Cartel?

[mylife]

Sounds like Local Government to me.

[youngidiot]

I love this.

[Right Wing Assault]

I was trying to figure that out. It does look like a “hand rifle,” doesn’t it?

I wonder if they have any hand guns converted into rifles. Or maybe “hand shotguns.”

Now we know what some people in the US will be shootin’ if we have too many more years of obama people.

[mylife]

It is definitely a single shot.