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Mexico: The Knights Templar, Violence and Norway

Categories: Latin America, Mexico, Norway, History, War & Conflict

Bloggings by boz [1]points out that the criminal organization the ‘Knights Templar’ is present in Mexico and that “the killer in Norway's shocking massacre last week also considered [2] himself a member of the Knights Templar”. He adds: “I doubt anyone thinks these two groups are linked. […] Yet, it raises the question of what makes violent ideologues and criminals search the past for inspiration? And what makes two groups so far apart find that inspiration in the Knights Templar?”