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Community autodefensas leader, Hipólito Mora, murdered in organized crime attack

July 24, 2023 July 24, 2023 / Crime and Violence, Organized Crime

07/24/2023 (written by ksoliscorrales)– On June 29th, 2023, authorities identified the body of Hipólito Mora, a lime farmer and one of the last surviving leaders/founders of Las Autodefensas de La …

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Self-defense groups continue to show force in Mexico

May 17, 2019 May 21, 2019 / Crime and Violence

05/17/19 (written by kheinle) — The Mexican Government’s ongoing battle to quell self-defense groups (grúpos de autodefensa) continues to make news. Such groups rose in 2013 and 2014 when community …

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