Recommendation to the Mexican Government

In some regions of Mexico, the public safety situation is so bad that citizen groups have joined together and armed themselves. This groups are attempting to physically keep the several gangs that extort their towns out.

Under Mexican law the actions they are taking to protect themselves are illegal. So far, it would appear that Mexican law enforcement and the military have largely ignored them. Not surprising. If they did not have the will or manpower to stop the gangs then they wouldn't stop the citizen groups.

In my opinion, if the Mexican government ever gets the means/will to bring law back to these lawless lands then they should do a few things:

1. Create a commission for every town or region that is being rehabilitated to oversee the transition and review the actions taken by the citizen groups.
   
2. Help the citizen groups transition back into their normal lives.
   
3. Grant amnesty to all citizen groups members (assuming they haven't committed any crime that was wasn't necessary to protect their families and property).
   

The reason being is that every living thing has the right to protect themselves and their families and if the police force in any country is non-existent or so dysfunctional then citizens should be allowed to become their own police force till property order can be restored.

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References:

http://news.msn.com/world/mexicans-form-self-defense-groups-to-fight-lawlessness