Children are joining a self-defense militia in Mexico

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The children, ages 6-12 are training to eventually protect their community against criminal groups, in a lawless terrain where residents say no one is safe.

Guerrero state registered 1,891** intentional homicides in 2019. It was the deadliest year for Mexico as a whole since records began, with a staggering 35,588** murders, according to the National Public Safety Secretariat.

"I don't want to carry this weapon, I don't, but the criminals have forced us too. We have to defend our people," CRAC-PC member Jose told CNN en Español. Fear of the armed group running the region, Los Ardillos, led them to take up arms to protect themselves, he adds.But the young recruits have few other options.

One recruit, 12-year-old Diego, is soft-spoken behind his bandana. He loves basketball and used to go to school, but the teachers stopped coming."Maybe they're scared. Who knows why they don't come," he said. "We're tending to the causes, we have to confront violence, and we have to give kids, the youth options to push them away from weapons and violence, and that is what we are doing everywhere," López Obrador said.

"We need to look into education, that kids go back to school," said Guerrero Governor Héctor Astudillo Flores on Friday during a visit to the community, where he sat down with government officials and local residents.

 

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