Mexican villages arm children in desperate bid for attention MARÍA VERZA, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 24 1of24Children hold their training weapons, some real and some fake, during a display for the media designed to attract the federal government's attention to the dangers of organized crime that their town negotiates daily in Ayahualtempa, Guerrero state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. International organizations have condemned the "recruitment" of children and warned of the effects.Marco Ugarte/APShow MoreShow Less 2of24A child holds a fake, wooden rifle during a display for the media designed to attract the federal government's attention to the dangers of organized crime his town negotiates daily in Ayahualtempa, Guerrero state, Mexico, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Residents' demands included more National Guard troops and help for orphans, widows and those displaced by violence that has cost 34 lives in various communities of two neighboring municipalities in the past two years.Marco Ugarte/APShow MoreShow Less