Will this deal solve Mexico’s vigilante problem? (via GlobalPost)

MEXICO CITY — The rise of thousands of vigilantes bearing assault rifles to rout a drug cartel in western Mexico’s Michoacan state has presented the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto with a policy nightmare. Attacking the vigilantes…

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