Drug cartel turf battles have cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico's president acknowledged Monday.
might be forcing or bribing residents into acting as civilian supports, known in Mexico as “social bases.”
“These may be support bases, like those in some parts of the country, because they give them food packages, or out of fear, because they have threatened them,” the president said. The Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas said in a statement Saturday that there had been forced recruitment, along with extorsion, road blockades, kidnappings and killings.
López Obrador acknowledged that the gangs “cut off the electricity in some towns and have not allowed workers from the Federal Electricity Commission in to restore service.”, kidnappings and reports of widespread extortion by drug gangs in recent months.
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