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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LAURENT THOMET The leader of the Citizens' Self-Protection Police of Tepalcatepec, Michoacan state, Mexico, Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles speaks during an interview given while he was hunting pigeons on December 01, 2013. Citizens settled groups to protect the community from organized crime. Gunmen attacked federal policemen in several villages of western Michoacan state and set up four roadblocks after the clashes. AFP PHOTO/OMAR TORRES (Photo credit should read OMAR TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LAURENT THOMET
The leader of the Citizens' Self-Protection Police of Tepalcatepec, Michoacan state, Mexico, Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles speaks during an interview given while he was hunting pigeons on December 01, 2013. Citizens settled groups to protect the community from organized crime. Gunmen attacked federal policemen in several villages of western Michoacan state and set up four roadblocks after the clashes. AFP PHOTO/OMAR TORRES        (Photo credit should read OMAR TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)