Cherán Revolution

The Cherán Revolution was an indigenist revolution that granted autonomy to the town of Cherán from the state of Mexico in 2011.
== Background ==
Cherán’s residents had been subjected to multiple episodes of rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder by the paramilitary loggers, who have devastated 70% of the surrounding oak forests that sustained the town’s economy and indigenous culture for centuries.https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/world/americas/in-mexico-reclaiming-the-forests-and-the-right-to-feel-safe.html 
== Events ==
Following the murder of two men who tried to confront cartel members, their wives gathered many women the next day at a secret meeting in the towns catholic church. The women attacked a truck full of armed loggers bearing AK-47 with rocks and fireworks as a mob began to form holding picks, shovels and guns. They took the loggers hostage and crashed the truck through the walls of the towns police station, driving out the police and the town mayor. Residents dug ditches and placed barricades around the town, guarding it and fending off a counter-attack by the cartel.https://www.wired.com/2013/05/cheran-uprising/https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-cheran-20170710-htmlstory.html
== Results ==
The revolution granted complete autonomy for the town of Cherán.
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