Mexican vigilante groups fighting against violent drug cartels in the western state of Michoacan have refused to disarm despite orders to do so from the government. <br /><br />Federal forces have been sent to the area to round up local military police that the vigilantes suspect of being in collusion with the drug bosses.<br /><br />Mexico’s president has also sent in a new commissioner to the region to mediate.<br /><br />Alfredo Castillo Cervantes has been instructed to spare no effort in winning the confidence of locals in the fight against the brutal Knights Templar cartel.<br /><br />But the deaths of two vigilantes has stiffened the resolve of their colleagues.<br /><br />One local woman says the fight will continue but with more determination. She accuses local soldiers of following the orders of cartel members by killing the two self-defence members.<br /><br />At the funeral of the two men there is an out pouring of grief and anger.<br /><br />Analysts have warned that any moves against vigilante groups or attempts to remove their weapons by force could spark a much larger and more unpredictable urban conflict.
