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A wave of indignation overflows Mexico after the murder of Carlos Manzoan independent mayor of a town in the state of Michoacán critical of organized crime and who had received death threats from Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
The events occurred around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday during a Day of the Dead event held in the center of the municipality of Uruapan. Manzo, 40 years old, He was shot six times after giving the opening speech of the Candle Festival. Although he was transported alive by ambulance to the Fray Juan de San Miguel Hospital, he died shortly after.
The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaumcondemned with “absolute firmness the vile murder” and promised to deploy “all the efforts of the State to achieve peace and security with zero impunity and justice.” After a meeting of the Security Cabinet, the authorities announced the arrest of two people related to the crime and that another of the alleged attackers “lost his life” during the police operation.
The moment in which the shots are heard that kill the mayor of Uruapan Carlos Manzo and subsequent moments
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Manzo, in addition to denouncing the violence and extortion of the cartels that fight for power in Michoacán, was also an uncomfortable figure for the federal government of Mexico. He had criticized and described Sheinbaum’s security strategy to stop criminals as a failure and demanded more power to counterattack.
The demonstrations registered on Sunday in the streets of the town of Morelia to demand justice for the murder, which brought together hundreds of Mexicans, led to riots when a group of people broke into the state Government Palace and caused damage inside the building.
Shouting “The government killed him!”, “Bedolla out!” and “Morena Out!”, the protesters demanded the resignation of the governor and the ruling National Regeneration Movement. Also more means to stop violence and impunity in the state, one of the hardest hit by organized crime.
Omar García HarfuchSecretary of Security and Citizen Protection, assured that Manzo had federal and municipal protection since 2024, and that it had been reinforced in May 2025. However, relatives of the mayor, one of the few independent politicians in all of Mexico, assure that the authorities had not given him protection despite requests.
The Secretary of National Defense, General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, told reporters that Manzo had been accompanied by a detachment of 14 members of the National Guard and for two vehicles. Additional security was provided by municipal security officers appointed by the mayor.
The Mexican Government has identified that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Los Caballeros Templarios, Los Viagras, Pueblos Unidos and Los Blancos de Troya operate in Uruapan.
On October 8, Manzo asked García Harfuch and Sheinbaum not to withdraw the National Guard from the municipality, since the agents had only been in the area for a few days. The mayor usually appeared at public events protected by a bulletproof vest. during the shooting Another politician, Victor Hugo, was also injured.who is out of danger.
Numerous politicians and journalists have been executed in Mexico in recent months by cartels. “How many mayors have not been murdered for opposing these pacts with organized crime?” Manzo asked in an interview given to the channel in September. Milenio TV. “I don’t want to be another municipal president in the list of those whose lives have been taken“he claimed.