Mexican authorities announced on Saturday the arrest of 164 members of a "
delinquent cell
" in Uruapan, in the western state of Michoacan, and the seizure of nearly 200 weapons.
“
We arrested 164 people, seized 142 rifles, 44 short weapons and 28 vehicles, including one armored car,
” tweeted the Michoacan public security secretariat.
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According to Mexican media, it is a "
self-defense
" group that had blocked a highway to demand the release of several of its previously arrested members.
The state of Michoacan, on the Pacific coast, is plagued by a wave of violence between rival groups involved in drug trafficking and other illegal activities.
