Autodefensas retoman 265 hectáreas de aguacate a manos del crimen en Tancítaro, Michoacán. Foto: AP / Eduardo Verdugo

A man works at an avocado orchard owned by the Cevallos family in Michoacan, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Mexico’s spreading vigilante movement announced its first big land hand-out, returning 25 avocado orchards to farmers whose properties had been seized by the cartel, which started in drug trafficking and expanded to extortion and economic control. Such moves are expanding the strength and popularity of the vigilantes even as the government demands they disarm. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)