Mexican drug lord claims attack was aimed at himMEXICO CITY (AP) — In a video posted on social media, a man claiming to be a Mexican drug cartel leader says an attack that killed 20 people including a mayor was in fact aimed at him.Hurtado mentions that he had cooperated in the past with the deceased mayor in fighting the Tequileros gang, which claimed responsibility for the killings, noting “We started this struggle together, the mayor and us.”Mexico files 2nd lawsuit against arms dealers in USWhetstone locals mixed on seeing border shipping containersLocals try to save threatened, traditional 'Mexican caviar'Hurricane Julia hits Nicaragua with torrential rainfall“We had set up this meeting with the mayor and his father, and the peace group they have,” he said, referring to a vigilante group that had been active in Totolapan, in southern Guerrero state.In Mexico, residents of towns under pressure from from one cartel often set up vigilante groups and turn to rival cartels for help in fighting off the oppressors; cartels make much of their money in Mexico from extorting protection payments from local farmers and businessmen.“A group known as the Tequileros dominated the region for some time; it was a group that mainly smuggled and distributed opium, but also engaged in kidnapping, extortion and several killings in the region.”The Familia Michoacana cartel, despite its name, was actually kicked out of the neighboring state of Michoacan years ago by a vigilante movement.In 2016, Totolapan locals got so fed up with abductions by the Tequileros that they kidnapped the gang leader’s mother to leverage the release of others."