https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... cartel-foe“But what I do want to make very clear is that the day they attack me, if they give me even the slightest opportunity, I will go down fighting,” he said.
“I won’t sit around with my arms crossed,” Mora added. “I will die defending my rights and defending my life.”
From 2013, here is what actually happened to the Autodefensas:
There was a joint crackdown by the Mexican government and cartels.On 21 August a joint army, navy and state police operation arrested several community police members and put Salgado{an Autodefensa leader} herself into a high security jail hundreds of miles away, accused of kidnapping.
The swoop on Olinalá triggered marches, road blocks and standoffs around the region that led to more arrests of vigilantes and seized weapons, not always by the authorities.
Hoping to avoid a full-blown crackdown, most of the Guerrero self-defence groups have since retreated into their strongholds and hidden away their higher calibre guns. But there is little evidence that they are about to fade away meekly.
..."The army wanted to detain and disarm us so we have to be careful now