Gun battles between drug cartels force about 700 people to flee their rural villages in western Mexico's Michoacan state, activists and a local priest say
Michoacan’s Human Safety Observatory said about two-thirds of the displaced villagers are children or youths under 18. / Photo: Reuters
Hundreds of others are sheltering with local families, after hours-long gun battles chased them from their homes on Tuesday. "There have been a series of armed clashes in the area, and during the clashes, a lot of homes have been hit by rounds, with bullet holes in the walls," said Eduardo Perez, an activist from Michoacan’s Human Safety Observatory.Cartel wars
"It is a question of security. They say that until they put an army checkpoint or some authority there, they cannot return," he said.
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