It’s a quiet Sunday in the city. Traffic on the busy street beyond Casita Colibrí’s gates is light; church bells, for reasons mysterious to me, seem more restrained on Sundays; and even the usually chattering birds sound like they are taking a rest from their noisy territorial battles.
However, yesterday, all was not tranquil in the village of Santa Cruz Tepenixtlahuaca, 165 miles southwest of the city, where villagers, fed up with alleged cattle rustling, rapes, and murders, took matters into their own hands…
Mexican villagers attack alleged crooks, killing 6
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Dozens of armed villagers surrounded the home of a suspected crime gang in southern Mexico, setting off a gunbattle that killed a child, a woman and four men, authorities said Saturday.
The confrontation took place after a town assembly decided to arm 90 villagers and send them to threaten the group allegedly behind cattle thefts, rapes and murders, Oaxaca state’s public security chief said in a statement. [Read full article]
From tiny mountain villages in Southern Mexico to the streets of Tel Aviv, ¡Basta ya! was a cry echoing around the world on Saturday.
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Shannon, it would be good to note where this village is located and its relationship to the city. With all the border violence regarding the drug wars, we need to encourage tourism, and assure people that these kinds of disruptive violent behaviors do not affect the city and surrounding craft villages. Yes, this is tragic and senseless — as is violence throughout our world — first, second, third and outer space.
True… that’s why I included the map. However, I’ve just added that the village is 165 miles southwest of the city.