Mexican Mayor Gunned Down at Day of the Dead Festival
- On Saturday, Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, was fatally shot during a Day of the Dead event; he was attacked shortly after 8 p.m. and later died at a hospital, with five gunshots heard in the town square.
- Michoacán's entrenched cartel violence has long left local officials vulnerable, with Carlos Manzo denouncing the Jalisco New Generation Cartel's extortion of farmers and urging stronger federal support.
- Police said two suspects were arrested and one alleged attacker was killed at the scene, while a 9-millimeter handgun was recovered and event videos showed people fleeing after gunshots.
- Michoacán Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla condemned the attack and said two people are detained and one more was killed, while Juan Carlos Oseguera Cortés and the National Guard coordinate security in Uruapan city center.
- Amid a recent wave of targeted killings, local officials remain under threat as Manzo's killing came days after Bernardo Bravo, Michoacán farmer representative, was also shot dead.
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Mexico: specter of US strikes amid cartel terror
Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez was assassinated during a Day of the Dead celebration Nov. 1 in the main square of Uruapan, in the violence-torn Mexican state of Michoacán. He had been an outspoken opponent of the drug cartels and their reign of terror in the state, and his death sparked protests across Michoacán. At a demonstration in state capital Morelia the day after the murder, protesters demanded the resignation of Gov. Ramírez Bedoll…
Uruapan mayor assassinated during public event in Mexico
Tragedy struck in the heart of Michoacán as Carlos Manzo, the newly elected mayor of Uruapan, was gunned down in a brazen attack during a public celebration in Mexico, as Newsweek reports. In a shocking display of cartel-fueled violence, Manzo was fatally shot on Saturday while attending a cultural Day of the Dead event outside a church in Uruapan, only months after taking office. This isn’t just another headline from south of the border; it’s a…
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