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Rural Mexican Villages Dig Moats to Repel Gangsters

Posted by samzenpus on from the filled-with-vicious-man-eating-monks dept.

Some Mexican villages are truly going Medieval on gangsters by digging moats across every access road but one into their communities. The villages have been besieged by armed gunmen who come into town and kidnap people. Government help arrived too late, or not at all. "This was a means of preservation," said Ruben Solis, 47, a farmers' leader in Cuauhtemoc, a collection of adobe and concrete houses called home by 3,700 people. "It's better to struggle this way than to face the consequences."

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  1. Why the 2nd Amemdment is a Good Thing by Nutria · · Score: 1

    "We aren't able to confront this sort of thing," Solis said. "We have a few shotguns, some .22 rifles, a few pistols -- nothing compared to what they have."

    When you criminalize having guns, only criminals will have guns.

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    1. Re:Why the 2nd Amemdment is a Good Thing by jaxtherat · · Score: 1

      Actually that may have more to do with their means to afford guns as opposed to anything else.

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  2. next time you bitch about living in the US by teknosapien · · Score: 1

    Remember this story

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  3. They have a problem... by Thelasko · · Score: 1

    no one else can help. If they can find them, maybe they can hire... The A-Team.

    If they can't find The A-Team, I hear Micheal Westen is allowed to leave Miami.

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