"Cheran, a rebel town" (by MTF)

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a masked man, member of the security comission of Cheran, looks into the camera as he stands guard at a barricade in Michoacan state, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:58:12 +0000

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a masked man, member of the security comission of Cheran, looks into the camera as he stands guard at a barricade in Michoacan state, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a man drives through a barricade as locals, members of the security comission, stand guard in Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:58:26 +0000

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a man drives through a barricade as locals, members of the security comission, stand guard in Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, local people walk near to a barricade in Cheran, Michoacan state of Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:58:45 +0000

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, local people walk near to a barricade in Cheran, Michoacan state of Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a masked man holds a machete as others members of the security comission stand guard in Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:14:29 +0000

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a masked man holds a machete as others members of the security comission stand guard in Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, people block the road next to a barricade in Cheran, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:14:29 +0000

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, people block the road next to a barricade in Cheran, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a burned truck blocks the road used as barricade in Cheran, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:14:29 +0000

In this Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo, a burned truck blocks the road used as barricade in Cheran, state of Michoacan, Mexico. Masked townspeople are blocking the entrance to this mountain hamlet with tires, sandbags and weapons they stole from local police in one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror of Mexico's drug cartels that has come to light. The fight of the indigenous Purepecha community is not against drug runners, rather illegal loggers protected by drug gangs who were taking away the livelihood of the town of 16,000 surrounded by mountains of pine forests and neat farmland in the southwestern state of Michoacan. (Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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