Mexican Vigilantes: Caught Between Cartels and U.S. Drug Consumers
Category: WORLDPOST
Public opinion polls show that the majority of Mexicans believe self-defense is the best way to protect your community and a larger majority sees nothing wrong with vigilante justice. One could argue that such an outcome is predictable in a country where 105,000 people are kidnapped for ransom every year, where criminal groups blackmail one of every 10 Mexicans and 96 percent of recorded crimes go unpunished.
By Sergio Muñoz Bata, ContributorSyndicated Latin American columnist, 2014-07-07