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A Mexican Militia, Battling Michoacan Drug Cartel, Has American Roots
By Joshua Partlow Washington Post Staff Writer LA ESTACION, Mexico — Jorge Rios, 11 rifle rounds and a silver cross decorating his black flak jacket, lost his job as a dishwasher in Tucson for driving without a license. Santos Ramos Vargas, at 43 the oldest of this gang, got deported from Menlo Park, Calif., when he…