US EditionMexico to Boost Key State’s Security After Mayor’s Assassination
- On Sunday, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled a Michoacan security plan after Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo's assassination, committing 57 billion pesos to address violence.
- The assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo on November 1, shot seven times by a hooded gunman, sparked protests across Michoacan communities and pressured officials to launch a security plan.
- The Michoacan Plan for Peace and Justice centers on more than 10,500 members of Mexico's army, air force and National Guard, with nearly 2,000 additional forces sent Monday and half tasked to contain criminals crossing state lines.
- The plan pairs law enforcement with social programs, including scholarship and sports programs to deter youth recruitment, while protecting lemon and avocado producers and strengthening Michoacan state police.
- Michoacan is long a hub for drug production and extortion, with multiple organized crime groups fighting for control of trafficking routes through the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas and at least seven mayors killed during Governor Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla's tenure.
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Michoacán takes over from Sinaloa at the head of the federal government’s list of security concerns. The strategy for the state that Claudia Sheinbaum’s Executive presented this Sunday marks a change in its plans, an imposition of the violent situation that the region suffers, a cyclical situation that none of the last four national administrations has managed to solve. Sheinbaum’s plan announces the investment of 57 billion pesos, just over 3 b…
Mexico to Boost Key State’s Security After Mayor’s Assassination
The Mexican government launched a security plan for the state of Michoacan, one of the nation’s most violent, following protests and backlash over the assassination of a mayor who urged President Claudia Sheinbaum to do more in the fight against drug cartels.
Mexico unveils security operation in violent Michoacan state after brazen assassination of mayor
The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday unveiled plans to fight organized crime and improve security in the violence-ridden state of Michoacan after the brazen public assassination of a local mayor sent shockwaves through the country.
Mexico City.- The federal government, headed by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, presented the "Plan Michoacán for Peace and Justice", with which they intend to turn the narcoviolence that has impacted the entity for years. In addition to President Sheinbaum, 23 members of its legal and expanded Cabinet spoke, as well as the governor of that entity, the brunette Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla. The plan, according to the presentation, consists of stra…
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