A drug gang known as "The Family" has taken out a half-page advertisement in newspapers in Michoacán, Mexico, in which they claim to actually be anti-crime vigilantes who want to stop kidnapping,
robbery and the sale of methamphetamine in the state. The shadowy group, believed to be allied to Mexico's Gulf drug cartel, has claimed credit in the past for various carnage, including a September
incident in which gunmen dumped five severed human heads into a bar in the city of Uruapán. Those and other heads discovered since then have been accompanied by hand-lettered notes, but this is
the first time the group has taken out newspaper ads before. The newspaper
El Sol of Morelia, 135 miles west of Mexico City, confirmed that the half-page ad ran Wednesday. "Our only reason for
being is that we love our state, and we are not willing to allow the dignity of our people to be trampled on," it reads, adding: "Sincerely, The Michoacán Family."
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