US EditionAuthorities arrest 7 bodyguards in connection with a Mexican mayor’s assassination
Seven municipal police officers arrested for probable homicide in the killing of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, linked to organized crime and cartel retaliation, prosecutors said.
- On Friday, state and federal authorities detained seven bodyguards who had served as Mayor Carlos Manzo's security detail, suspected in his assassination.
- On Nov. 1, Mayor Carlos Manzo was shot during Day of the Dead festivities, prompting an immediate probe as attention turned to Manzo's large security detail after they failed to stop the lone gunman.
- The Associated Press saw at least 7 suspects arrested near the plaza, with soldiers, National Guard troops, and colleagues recording the arrests, some crying.
- Manzo's wife was sworn in as Uruapan's mayor amid candles and notes in Uruapan's central plaza as residents mourn and demand justice.
- On Wednesday, Mexican authorities announced the arrest of a man said to be involved in planning the killing, and investigators have connected the plot to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel amid scrutiny of Manzo's security detail.
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The arrests occur three days after the capture in Morelia of a man identified as Jorge Armando “N”, alias “El Licenciado”, who would be one of the people who allegedly participated in the planning of the murder.
Morelia.- Seven municipal police officers from Uruapan were arrested to be investigated for the murder of Edil Carlos Manzo, which took place on November 1.The uniforms were in the House of Culture of the Pearl of the Cupatitzio when they were arrested.The police were subjected and handcuffed, and then transferred to the city of Morelia.The detainees will be interrogated to know if they have links with the murder of the president of Uruapan.What…
The Mexican authorities have arrested seven escorts who accompanied the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, on the night of his murder on November 1, according to the Michoacán Prosecutor’s Office. The unit was investigating the security personnel who had accompanied the municipal president to the Day of the Dead celebrations for having shot Victor Manuel Ubaldo, the teenager who pulled the trigger, when he was already immobilized. Security Secretar…
Morelia, Mexico. Seven guards who were in charge of the security of Mexican mayor Carlos Manzo, shot to death in early November, were captured on Friday, the state prosecutor's office in Michoacán (west) reported.The state prosecutor's office detailed that they were arrested for their “probable participation in the politician's crime of qualified homicide,” detailed the state's dependence, which investigates this crime that has unleashed a wave …
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