The shadow of an armed man, who belongs to the Self-Defense Council of Michoacan, (CAM), is cast on a wall at a checkpoint set up by the self-defense group at the entrance of Antunez, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Vigilantes in violent Michoacan state insist they won’t lay down their guns until top leaders of a powerful drug cartel are arrested, defying government orders as federal forces try to regain control in a lawless region plagued by armed groups. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)









