Armed men who claim to be members of a “self-defense” squad patrol the limits of Taixtan, in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. The army has largely stopped fighting drug cartels here, instead ordering soldiers to guard the dividing lines between gang territories so they won’t invade each other’s turf _ and turn a blind eye to the cartels’ illegal activities. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

November 8, 2021