Monday, December 02, 2013

Mexican State Seeks to Regularize Local Militias

The government clings to its antipathy to private arms.

MEXICO CITY – Lawmakers in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero approved a measure to incorporate the various community self-defense groups that have popped up in the Pacific coastal region into a new force under authorities’ control.

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 Members of the Rural Police are to be selected by their fellow townspeople in a democratic process.

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 Rural Police officers will be paid, armed and equipped by the Guerrero state government.

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