100 Mexican Women Take Up Arms to Fight Organized Crime

Mexican women have had enough of organized crime in their communities and they are doing something about it. Over 100 women have signed up to become members of a local self-defense force, but they won’t be “lone rangers.” These women will be trained on the proper use of firearms and will be guarding the southern Mexican town of Xaltianguis in shifts of twelve people.

The Latin American Herald Tribune reports:

The women signed up over the past four days with the Union of Peoples and Organizations of Guerrero State, or UPOEG, Xaltianguis community self-defense force commander Miguel Angel Jimenez told reporters.

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Women were among the biggest supporters when the community self-defense forces were being formed, telling men that “either you join or I join,” Jimenez said.

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