Tancítaro

Tancítaro is a city and municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in southwestern Mexico.

[4] It is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Peribán and Uruapan, to the east by Nuevo Parangaricutiro, to southeast by Parácuaro, to the south by Apatzingán, and to the southwest by Buenavista.

[5] Due to an increase in criminal activity in the area, the 60 man Municipal Police Force was disbanded in December 2009.

Soon after the people of Michoacán began taking up arms against the drug traffickers and against organized crime.

[7] The avocado growers association funded patrols by the Tancitaro Public Security Force (CUSEPT), and by summer of 2017, violence had subsided.