“In the long term, what benefit will regulation of the autodefensas [self-defence groups] bring us? Do you think I have an aptitude or professional vocation for police work?” asked Juan Carlos Trujillo, a peace activist in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Trujillo, from Pajacuarán in Michoacán, was displaced from his home by violence and has […]
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