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Mexican Federal Troops Operating in Calderón's Home State of Michoacán

Posted by Simon Fitzgerald - December 13, 2006 at 2:00 pm
In international news, while Mexican Federal Police are still bogged down in the rebelious state of Oaxaca, (where residents are fighting for the resignation of the repudiated governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, new president Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (himself suffering from challenges to his presidency and its legitimacy) has sent thousands of federal troops to the Pacific state of Michoacan to take over areas reportedly under the control of violent drug trafficking gangs.  It was in Michoacan that a gang called "la familia" entered a crowded bar and threw five severed heads on the dance floor along with a poorly written letter that stated that "the family does not kill women nor innocents.  The family only kill those that need to be killed." La Familia is also said to be responsible for a recent prison uprising.
The operation is said to have resulted in 56 detained, compared to the 160 detained after a recent nonviolent protest in Oaxaca.

After the operation in Michoacan, Calderon's home state, officials are saying the army will be sent to Guerrero (where Acapulco is located), Nuevo Leon (Monterrey), Tamaulipas, and Sinaloa.

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