A well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group has been shot to death in southern Mexico. Bruno Plácido rose to prominence in the violence-plagued state of Guerrero in 2013 when he organized a rag-tag army of farmers to capture suspected gang members.
The body of Bruno Plácido, a well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group, is loaded into the forensic vehicle after being shot to death in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The body of Bruno Plácido, a well-known leader of a civilian “self-defense” group, lies on the ground after being shot to death, as forensics team investigates the crime scene, in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.
Plácido rose to prominence in violence-plagued Guerrero in 2013 when he organized a rag-tag army of farmers to capture suspected gang members. His group held about 50 suspects for weeks in improvised jails, before handing them over to civilian prosecutors.Minnesota man who shot officers told wife it was ‘his day to die,’ according to complaint
Plácido later extended his group’s reach to the mountains inland from the coast, where warring drug gangs like the Ardillos, the Tlacos, the Rojos and Guerreros Unidos have long spread terror.His death comes just months after the June ambush slaying of vigilante leader Hipólito Mora in the neighboring state of Michoacan. The killings of Plácido and Mora have essentially wiped out all the old guard leaders of the armed “self-defense” movements.
What Plácido was up against in Guerrero was a much more fractured mix of drug cartels, each controlling part of the mountainous state.the Los Ardillos drug gang
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