Mexico releases anti-cartel militia leader
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:12 am
An American Mother Who Led an Anti-Cartel Militia in Mexico Has Been Freed From Jail
"She became one of the faces of a broader movement of citizen self defense militias that sprung up that same year throughout the state in response to the failure of the authorities to contain the extreme violence of local drug gangs. Some, however, claimed she was taking her new powers too far, and accused her of kidnapping innocent locals. She was arrested by the army in August 2013 and taken to maximum-security prison."
https://news.vice.com/article/american- ... -from-jail
So they were too busy to deal with the drug cartels, but not too busy to arrest these people....
"She became one of the faces of a broader movement of citizen self defense militias that sprung up that same year throughout the state in response to the failure of the authorities to contain the extreme violence of local drug gangs. Some, however, claimed she was taking her new powers too far, and accused her of kidnapping innocent locals. She was arrested by the army in August 2013 and taken to maximum-security prison."
https://news.vice.com/article/american- ... -from-jail
So they were too busy to deal with the drug cartels, but not too busy to arrest these people....