by Robert Bunker | Jan 30, 2014 | Monitor
By: Robert Bunker Mexico essentially legalized the country’s growing “self-defense” groups while also announcing that security forces had captured one of the four top leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel.
by Robert Bunker | Jan 24, 2014 | Monitor
By: Robert Bunker Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 17: Civil Self-Defense Groups Have Emerged in 11 Mexican States
by SWJ Editors | Jan 19, 2014 | Monitor
By: SWJ Editors One fighter claimed to be a US Army veteran who returned to Mexico specifically to join the militias. There were many like him, he said.
by Robert Bunker and Pamela L. Bunker | Jan 16, 2014 | Monitor
By: Robert Bunker and Pamela L. Bunker Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 16: Recent Santa Muerte Spiritual Conflict Trends
by SWJ Editors | Jan 14, 2014 | Monitor
By: SWJ Editors Mexican security forces sent to quell unrest in the western state of Michoacan have started disarming local vigilante groups, state officials say.