Overview
- The Michoacán prosecutor’s office said Yesenia Méndez and municipal aide Samuel García were required to testify and were released after giving statements.
- National detention records still list both as detained by federal and state agents outside Uruapan’s Casa de la Cultura on Jan. 8, a discrepancy that remains unexplained.
- Security chief Omar García Harfuch reported two new arrests between Jan. 9 and 10—Samuel “N” and Josué “N” (“El Viejito”)—who allegedly relayed the mayor’s itinerary on the day of the attack.
- Investigators say chats on the encrypted app Threema, recovered from seized phones, indicate an information leak from the mayor’s inner circle to CJNG operatives who coordinated the plot.
- Carlos Manzo was killed on Nov. 1 during the Festival de las Velas; earlier operations have detained multiple suspects, including alleged coordinator Jorge Armando “N” (“El Licenciado”), while the mayor’s escort chief remains at large.