A vigilante poses for a photo while patrolling the municipality of Coahuayana, in Michoacan state, Mexico August 22, 2019. Picture taken August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Alan Ortega
SANTA MARIA OSTULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Surrounded by armed men, Commander "Toro" said Mexicans taking the law into their own hands in the western state of Michoacan will not heed government calls to lay down arms because it would leave them at the mercy of violent gangs.
Toro - real name German Ramirez - was once a school teacher in Santa Maria Ostula, an impoverished, largely indigenous village in the municipality of Aquila in western Michoacan.
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