The Mexican government says it has sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state of Michoacan after a weekend of violence.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that “peace and tranquility” had been restored to the region and called the weekend violence acts of “propaganda and publicity.”
Lime growers and farmers in the township of Buenavista complained in recent weeks of widespread drug cartel extortion, and in Apatzingan most basic goods cost almost double their normal price because the cartels takes a slice of most purchases. One lime grower, who spoke on condition of remaining anonymous for security reasons, said last week thatThe Michoacan state government said Wednesday that it had launched a criminal investigation into the extortion shakedowns. The situation threatens the supply of fresh limes, a mainstay of Mexican cuisine, and recalls the darkest days of Mexico’s 2006-2012 drug war.
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