They kill the agrarian leader who promoted self-defense in Morelos

Authorities found in the community of El Hospital the body of Romualdo Ixpango Merino chief of the United Workers of the field and the organization of the city and promoter of the civil guards in Morelos, their families reported.

Florencio Ixpango Merino, brother of the victim, said that the man had gone. last Saturday in the municipality of Yautepec

He added that the regional prosecutor had told him that the body found belonged to a member of his family.

According to Florencia Ixpango, his brother disappeared after going to Oacalco, in the municipality of Yautepec; around 8:30 pm Saturday he stopped answering his phone, so they started their search.

Romualdo Ixpango Merino was related to several groups, among them, which were erected in ] Civil Guards in the municipality of Villa de Ayala, located in the eastern region of Morelos, where self-defense groups have appeared in recent days.

On July 24, Ixpango Merino said in an interview that self-defense groups were the product of social exhaustion due to organized crime.

"This did not happen very quickly, nothing more than we got fed up with and decided to take other measures such as barricades in the communities and taking weapons. "Many people have already bought weapons, they have already equipped themselves, because how are we going to deal with organized crime? No means with springs or with applause, we must put ourselves to you for you, only people defend people, "he said then.

RLO