MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The bodies of nine men were found on Saturday in one of the most troubled areas of Mexico's western Michoacan state, where the Knights Templar drug cartel is fighting civilian-led vigilante groups, some with ties to other cartels.
Michoacan, where former President Felipe Calderon in 2007 launched his army-led campaign against the cartels, has again become a hotspot of drug-related violence.
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