Mexican town kicks out cartels and police, enjoys peace for five years and counting

Submitted by Reddebrek on October 13, 2016

I mainly go onto the BBC news site to use their weather tracker, but occasionally a story will catch my eye. Today was one of those days. There's a report on a town in southern Mexico that has experienced five years of peace, and it achieved this by chasing out gangsters and the local police and political parties.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37612083

Its not exactly the CherĂ¡n Commune but the town seems to have accomplished quite a bit through self organisation. They've not only eliminated crime in a state that's one of the most violent but they've carried out environmental regeneration work and have taken the land into collective ownership.

I found some news from when the establishment of Cheran's autonomy was a recent development.
https://elenemigocomun.net/2012/06/autonomous-paths-converge-cheran/

Serge Forward

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Serge Forward on October 13, 2016

Ace story that. Assignment is one of the better radio 4 programmes.

Reddebrek

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Reddebrek on October 13, 2016

Serge Forward

Ace story that. Assignment is one of the better radio 4 programmes.

Yeah, I was being a bit facetious there's still some good programmes and news stories on their, especially their historical stuff and culture stories. But I've definitely been using it a lot less nowadays.

potrokin

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by potrokin on October 13, 2016

This is great news :)