Mexico Drug War

Mexico Drug War

A group of armed guards stand with their weapons at the entrance of the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20 2013. Residents of western Mexico towns who endured months besieged by a drug cartel are cheering the arrival of hundreds of Mexican army troops. A growing number of people in the state of Michoacan have taken up arms to defend their villages against drug gangs, a vigilante movement born of frustration at extortion, killings and kidnappings in a region wracked by violence. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)