It involves turning a local plaza into an arena for staging rallies, street demonstrations, protests and candlelight vigils.
Each smuggler paid sixty thousand dollars a month to the local plaza boss, a man named Dionisio García, known as El Chacho, who in turn paid the bribes that insured the trafficking routes.
Then he left for a local plaza.
Meanwhile, killings and mass disappearances went on as the Guerreros Unidos battled with another gang, Los Rojos, for control of the local "plaza," or drug trafficking corridor.
Later, VICE News watched as the group boarded mini-buses and headed to a local mall, Plaza Tamarindos, where they proceeded to loot stores and businesses.
News stories now recount in detail the alleged crimes of Iguala's former mayor, José Luis Abarca, who is said to have controlled the local drug plaza and was implicated last year in the kidnapping and murder of three political opponents.
Go to your local shopping mall or plaza, and check out what kind of salons they have there.
Moving down and through the old town centre, the impression of a European capital is maintained: the bustling Mercado Central, where I foolishly chewed on a piece of pulpo (octopus) to impress the locals; the Plaza de la Libertad; and the imposing edifice of La Moneda.
Nightlife remains limited in the smaller towns, where the young middle class may be cruising in cars or motorcycles and hanging out at local restaurants or plazas.
Local schools, parks, plazas and libraries, instead of standing alone surrounded by parking, should be physically connected and operated together to form true multipurpose social centers.
