Mexico: Authorities deploy over 1,000 soldiers to confront organized crime in Michoacán
Mexican authorities deploy more than a thousand soldiers to confront organized crime in the state of Michoacán. The troops arrived at the 43 military zone, based in Apatzingán, to carry out duties of patrolling and to fight criminal organizations, which are mainly harassing farmers, who are the victims of continuous extortion and violence. The uniformed officers, whose task is to guarantee security, will have armored vehicles from the secretariat of national defense to patrol rural and urban zones.
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00:00Mexican authorities deployed more than a thousand soldiers to confront organized crime in the
00:05state of Michoacán.
00:06The troops arrived at the 43-military zone, based in Apatizgan, to carry out duties of
00:13patrolling and to fight criminal organizations which are mainly harassing farmers who are
00:19the victims of continuous extortion and violence.
00:23The uniformed officers, whose task is to warranty security, will have armored vehicles from
00:28the Secretariat of National Defense to patrol rural and urban zones.
00:32According to authorities, extortion against businessmen and farm workers in Michoacán
00:37is mainly concentrated in the municipalities of Nueva Italia, Antunes and Buenavista, among
00:43others.