Self-defense Groups Control 13 Cities and a Community in Western Mexican State
MICHOACAN, MEXICO - JANUARY 10: Members of the self-defense group remain on alert in a checkpoint of Paracuaro, in Michoacan, Mexico. Despite some success by self-defense groups to free a few municipalities from the Knights Templar cartel, the cartel continues to enforce a stranglehold on other parts of Michoacan, a rich farming state that is a major exporter of lime, avocado and mango on January 10, 2014 in Mexico Paracuaro, Mexico. (Photo by Miguel Tovar/LatinContent via Getty Images)