Mexico's Indigenous Community Police Under Attack By Drug Cartels

Communal police forest officers walk on seized pine logs they found hidden in the brush along the road while on patrol, on the outskirts of the Indigenous township of Cheran, Michoacan state, M

In recent events in Michoacan, Mexico, the traditional and Indigenous community police forces have faced deadly attacks from drug cartels. The chief prosecutor of Michoacan confirmed that seven members of the community police force in Coahuayana were shot to death by gunmen linked to drug cartels over the weekend.

These incidents come shortly after seven members of an Indigenous community police force were kidnapped by cartel gunmen in another Michoacan town and subjected to harrowing experiences before being freed.