US EditionMexican 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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The mayor has been under protection since December 2024, which was confirmed last May.
The state of Michoacan has been consumed for years by the violence of criminal groups, who are trying to extort money from farmers.
Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, the mayor of Uruapan in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, was murdered in the midst of Day of the Dead celebrations on Saturday, the AP reports. Mayors and other local politicians in Mexico are becoming targets of criminal cartels vying for local influence.
Mexican mayor is shot dead in front of own family in horror public killing
A Mexican mayor who was a firebrand against cartel crime was shot dead in front of his family during a Day of the Dead celebration. Carlos Manzo, mayor of the city of Uruapan, previously called on his country's government to do more to protect him and other outspoken officials. On Saturday, footage of Mr Manzo's brutal assassination was released. Video showed a celebrating crowd holding candles outside a church in Uruapan when shots rang out. Mr…
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