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The leader of the violent criminal cartel was eliminated permanently on the ninth of this month.
The effort was due to the COMBINATION efforts of los marinas naval AND forces of the rurales who worked together to rid the state of this scourge. Los Calballeros Templarios are on the run.
Bottom line. My family and friends told me via 5 hours of phone time Saturday and Sunday that Michoacan is undergoing a rapid transformation.
So keep your hopes and wishes up for a rapid return to carefree visiting of the butterfly reserve, Paricutin, Uruapan, Patzcuaro, Villa Escalante (Sta Clara del Cobre) and the coast.
This is too beautiful a place to lose to alarmism.