Mexican vigilantes who ousted Knights Templar cartel could bring new violence
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/mexican-vigilantes-knights-templar-cartel-violence-militias-michoacan-d
Today the Knights Templar cartel that once dominated the region is a shadow of its former self, but concern is growing that the heavily armed militias who helped break the cartel’s dominance could themselves trigger more violence and prove as difficult to control.
“The basic problem with the self-defence groups is that the government cannot disarm them without handing control back to the Knights Templars, but it can’t tolerate them either,” says Alejandro Hope, a leading expert on Mexico’s drug wars.