Mexican troops detain 34 'self-defense' vigilantes

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican soldiers have detained 34 vigilantes who formed part of a “self-defense group” that allegedly kidnapped police officers and seized police equipment earlier this week in the western state of Michoacan.

The army raid in the town of Buenavista represents the strongest blow yet against the growing vigilante movement that has seen masked townspeople throw up checkpoints in several parts of southern and western Mexico.