Mexico gov't faces vigilante monster it created  January 15,
2014 - 10:04 PM Mexico Vigilantes  Federal police patrol the
streets of Apatzingan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. Federal
forces struggled to bring order to western Mexico as vigilantes
battled a drug cartel. The unrest is in a region of Michoacan
known as Tierra Caliente, a farming area where vigilante groups
have been trying to drive out the Knights Templar drug cartel.
After a weekend of firefights, the government announced Monday
that it would take on security duties in the area. (AP
Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)  APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) — Vigilantes who
have challenged the government's authority in lawless Michoacan
state held onto their guns Wednesday as federal authorities
struggled to rein in a monster they helped create: citizen
militias that rose among farmers and lime pickers to fight a
drug cartel.  "They said they're not going to bother us, but
they don't want us to keep advancing," said Hipolito Mora, head
of the self-defense group in the