He Was Fighting Cartels: a Mayor Murdered in Mexico
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With his son, he witnessed a celebration of the Day of the Dead when an armed commando targeted him. He was fatally hit in this attack. Carlos Manzo was one of the figures in the fight against narco, mayor of Uruapan, a city of 350,000 inhabitants, in the state of Michoacán, gangred by a powerful cartel. Elected a few months earlier, with the promise to fight the traffickers, he was fully aware of the risks that weighed on his life and that of h…
The murder of Carlos Manzo, municipal president of Uruapan, Michoacán, generated various reactions, and one of them was that of Christopher Landau, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, and former US ambassador in Mexico.Through a post on social networks, the official of the Donald Trump administration lamented the attack on the mayor of Uruapan, extended his condolences to the family and offered to deepen the support of the United …
New video uploaded: Protesters broke into a government building after Mayor Carlos Manzo of Uruapan was shot dead during a Day of the Dead celebration. The Frank Mayor often denounced the cartels and criticized the government’s strategy to tackle them. By Axel Boada November 3, 2025 The post Protesters demand justice after the murder of a mayor in Mexico appeared first on Diario La República.
The murder of Mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, shook Uruapan, Michoacán, and again exposed the crisis of violence facing Mexico. The edil was shot at during the Day of the Dead Sailing Festival event on November 1, despite having requested federal support on multiple occasions. Since his arrival in office in 2024, he had denounced threats of organized crime. "Don't leave Uruapan alone," he had asked President Claudia Sheinbaum and Secretary Omar Ga…
The killer of the mayor of Uruapan is not yet identified, as he did not carry identification, reported the Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch. From the National Palace mentioned that because of the characteristics of the clothes and cameras of some shops, as well as the hotel in which he stayed, it is that he works in his ...
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