Slightly OT: Mexican Militias

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Apparently, the Mexican government, which only spends about 0.6% of its GDP on its military, is now cooperating with local militias currently doing battle with a drug cartel in SW Mexico.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/natio...ssStory1402947

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...57b_story.html

I wonder where this militia is getting its assault weapons, being as all firearm ownership is highly restricted in Mexico. Is the government supplying them, or is a rival cartel?

I imagine that militias like these would become fairly common in most parts of the world during the later stages of the Twilight War. The second article alludes to how easily many of these civilian self-defense forces turn into gun-gangs ("marauders" in T2K parlance) after tasting a little power. Mexico may be heading the way of 1990s Colombia.