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Young protested today against the representation of Michoacán in Mexico City against the income of the state and army in support of self-defense groups. |
His home, located on the outskirts of this town of only about 500 thousand inhabitants, is in mourning, but only 10 relatives mourned him.
There was no black bar at the entrance of the door, either crowns or flowers. Only a small room reeds, sticks and cardboard sheet resguardaron your body one last time. Chairs around, his mother and his loved ones.
The five other relatives were left out of the hut. His niece Mary said they are afraid to speak: "Yesterday afternoon we went with many families to support community, when we were told there was no let the soldiers, we came to the edge of town, where they wanted to enter force. "
He said his uncle was among the ball, but when the military struggle he and his family launched shots fell. His remains were at the entrance of the road-Apatzingán Cuatro Caminos. "He was not even shouting anything to the soldiers."
Criminals control prices
Like his uncle, Mary's two brothers are working as farm laborers and pay fee to offenders. "For days we had been threatened that we give them 200 pesos a week, but if you already paid for a long time because they charge fees to all trade, the flesh rose 15 pesos the kilo, tortillas, egg ...".
Joseph said they engaged in cut lemon, but with the problems that have occurred in recent weeks only work two days a week, with a salary of 150 pesos per day. "Only if we get to eat, but the most sense is that we do not live long quiet as there are armed people who just dedicated to take away what little we have."
Fear and silence
On the other side of town to another veiled Memorial, they said his name, the family remained silent.
The coffin was placed in the courtyard. Are upset by what happened, because the government is they pulling down the wrong path, because the enemies of the entire region of Tierra Caliente are the criminals, not the people who defends.
The same happened in the case of the girl who died yesterday in the shooting. The girl's mother refused to even accept the help of self-defense group, which offered to pay funeral expenses.