Mexican village in a state of siege against a drug cartel Following deadly attacks by armed men on security forces, the Mexican police and army have gone to war against the Knights Templar, a powerful drug cartel, in Mexico's western state of Michoacan. The village of Aguililla was in a state of siege: on one side the federal police and the army, and on the other side the Knights Templar, up in the mountains and launching attacks against the Mexican forces. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.