Mexican villagers take anti-narco fight into own hands
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13/04/2021 - 03:26
Children carry replica weapons through the Mexican village of Ayahualtempa before taking part in training in defense against drug traffickers PEDRO PARDO AFP
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Ayahualtempa (Mexico) (AFP)
Mexican children toting replica rifles march alongside armed members of a self-defense force who say they have been left to defend their village against drug traffickers all by themselves.
The inhabitants of Ayahualtempa in violence-plagued Guerrero state accuse the authorities of abandoning them to their fate despite past killings and kidnappings.
They blame a local gang called Los Ardillos which they say is seeking to muscle into their village of bean and maize (corn) farmers located in a major opium producing region.