Vigilante Armies Are Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels, but Whose Side Are They Really on?
FILO DE CABALLOS, Mexico—The assault force rolls through this small mountain town not long after dark. Traveling in a fleet of pick-ups with about 15 men in each truck, they are dressed in pixelated camouflage uniforms and ballistic vests and at first glance they look like official army units, but their weapons give them away. Many of these commandos carry AK-47 model assault rifles, which aren’t used by the Mexican armed forces. The logo stamped on the doors of the trucks shows a figure from the Mexican Revolution wearing a sombrero and ...
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