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Let crickets eat squirrels by Emilio Espejel 

Organized crime attacks women and children in Guerrero, Mexico.Indigenous Nahuas denounce that the criminal group "Los Ardillos" has begun to carry out armed attacks against women, children, doctors, and teachers, that is why the schools remain abandoned and the children without classes. Homicides, kidnappings, and shootings keep the Alcozacán and Tula communities isolated.
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A man dressed as a king poses for a portrait outside the church of Alcozacan Guerrero, during festivities for the request for a good harvest, April 2021.27Nov1982
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    Elements of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities-Community Police-Founding Peoples (CRAC-PC-PF for its acronym in Spanish) of the Tula Guerrero community carry out protection tasks in their territory against the siege of criminal groups that operate in the region.

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    Cornfield in the municipality of Tula, Guerrero, a town in constant conflict with the criminal group of “Los Ardillos” April 2021.

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    Nahua indigenous women strain corn to prepare pozole (National dish) in Alcozacan, a community affected by recurrent clashes between peasants and the criminal group “Los Ardillos” in the low mountain of Guerrero, April 2021.

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    A Nahua woman sits next to the commissary in Alcozacan, Guerrero, a community affected by recurrent clashes between peasants and the criminal group “Los Ardillos” in the low mountain of Guerrero, April 2021.

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    Details of the church of Alcozacan, April 2021.

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    A view of the church of Alcozacan, where Inhabitants make offerings asking for a good harvest during the coming months, Guerrero, Mexico April2021.

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    Inhabitants of Alcozacan during a religious festival make offerings asking for a good harvest during the coming months, Guerrero, Mexico April 2021.

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    Sunset in Alcozacan, April 2021, Guerrero, Mexico.

  • A widow of one of the musicians killed in January 2020 carries her baby in Alcozacan Guerrero Mexico April 2021.
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    A widow of one of the musicians killed in January 2020 carries her baby in Alcozacan, Guerrero, Mexico, April 2021.

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    Alma a 75 years old Resident of Tula de Guerrero, poses for a portrait outside an abandoned school that now functions as a refuge for civilians in case of armed confrontations between the community police and the criminal group of “Los Ardillos,” April 2021.

  • María Adn's 6yearold daughter cares for her piggy Axolotl outside Adn house in Alcozacn Guerrero Mexico in April 2021.
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    María, Adán's 6-year-old daughter, cares for her piggy Axolotl outside Adán house in Alcozacán, Guerrero, Mexico, in April 2021.

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    Adán poses for a portrait, showing his products that he used to sell at home in Alcozacán, Guerrero, Mexico, in April 2021. inside his home in Alcozacán, Guerrero, Mexico, in April 2021.

  • Ale Adn 12yearold daughter carries Chilacayote in Alcozacn Guerrero Mexico in April 2021.
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    Ale, Adán 12-year-old daughter, carries Chilacayote in Alcozacán, Guerrero, Mexico, in April 2021.

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    Chilacayote en Alcozacan, Guerrero, Mexico, in April 2021.

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    The Exterior of an abandoned classroom in the community of Tepila del Paraiso, April 2021, Guerrero, Mexico.

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    The inside of an Abandoned classroom in the community of Tepila del Paraiso, April 2021, Guerrero, Mexico.

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    Guillermo shows his hand partially immobilized by a bullet impact wrist, thanks to an ambush suffered by “los ardillos” in March of this year.

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    Mario, 23 a member of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities Community Police-Founding Peoples CRAC-PC-PF shows his gun in Tula deGuerrero.

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    Luis, 19 a member of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities- Community Police-Founding Peoples CRAC-PC-PF poses for a portrait in Tula de Guerrero. "I joined the communitarian police after finding my dad chopped in plastic bags. I wanted revenge for what happened to my dad".

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    Guillermo Albarran, 28 a member of the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities-Community Police-Founding Peoples (CRAC-PC-PF for its acronym in Spanish) of Tula Guerrero community, carry out protection tasks in their territory against the siege of criminal groups that operate in the region.

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    Bernardino 68, and Fabio 62 member of the Regional Coordinator community Police-Founding Peoples CRAC-PC-PF pose for a portrait in Rincon de Chautla, Guerrero. April 2021

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    Pantheon where the bodies of the 10 musicians were buried, Guerrero, Mexico, April 2021

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    A boy dressed as a goat poses for a portrait outside the church of Alcozacan Guerrero, during festivities for the request for a good harvest, April 2021.

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    A young man dressed as a knight poses for a portrait outside the church of Guerrero, during festivities for the request for a good harvest, April 2021.

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    A dog sits on a dry planting field in Alcozacan, Guerrero, April 2021, Mexico

  • A tablecloth dries outside of Adan's house in Alcozacan Guerrero April 2021.
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    A tablecloth dries outside of Adan's house in Alcozacan, Guerrero, April 2021.

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    A man dressed as a king poses for a portrait outside the church of Alcozacan Guerrero, during festivities for the request for a good harvest, April 2021.

  • A speaker in the community of Tula Guerrero during April 2021.
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    A speaker in the community of Tula Guerrero, during, April 2021.

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    An elderly woman in the community of Tula Guerrero sits outside an abandoned school that functions as a refuge in case of armed clashes, during, April 2021.

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