00:00Mexican authorities deployed more than a thousand soldiers to confront organized crime in the
00:05state of Michoacán.
00:06The troops arrived at the 43-military zone, based in Apatizgan, to carry out duties of
00:13patrolling and to fight criminal organizations which are mainly harassing farmers who are
00:19the victims of continuous extortion and violence.
00:23The uniformed officers, whose task is to warranty security, will have armored vehicles from
00:28the Secretariat of National Defense to patrol rural and urban zones.
00:32According to authorities, extortion against businessmen and farm workers in Michoacán
00:37is mainly concentrated in the municipalities of Nueva Italia, Antunes and Buenavista, among
00:43others.
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