Source – trueactivist.com

– Silvia Hipolito is a mother of two and one of the many women who recently joined this voluntary defense agency.

“Women are brave and we are capable of defending our town,” Hipolito told reporters.

Voluntary self-defense organizations like this one have been forming all over Mexico, because the government and local police forces haven’t actually been doing anything about the crimes in their communities.

Mexico is currently experiencing large protests all throughout the country over the recent mass kidnapping and murder of 43 students, which both the government and organized crime organizations were said to have played a role in.

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