Banned Beer and Empty Coolers: This is How La Familia Michoacana Dictates the Market in Taxco

Banned Beer and Empty Coolers: This is How La Familia Michoacana Dictates the Market in Taxco

“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat In Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, La Familia Michoacana controls everything from the price of beer to the vulnerability of the mayor himself.Compounding this criminal organization's encroachment are widespread extortion schemes targeting merchants, along with a wave of kidnappings and disappearances. As a further aggravating factor, the town faces a nearly 20-year-old strike that has paralyzed the mining sector—hi…