The "ban on killings" from the Casar Prime Minister's Mansion was issued in the form of telegrams and official announcements from Mexico City, spreading across this vast country's various states, cities, and towns.
However, this order, symbolizing "the reconstruction of law and order," was immediately distorted or even ignored upon reaching certain entrenched soils.
In the Michoacán, surrounded by mountains in central Mexico, there lies a conservative town dominated by ancient ethnic groups and powerful surnames—a place like this.
Family and clan authority far surpass that of the distant government. Community affairs are accustomed to being handled by elders of the clan or respected individuals following "rules" passed down through countless generations.
The law?
That's something for the city folk and the capital gentlemen to worry about. Here, fists, machetes, and family power are the real principles.
