Overview

• Municipal officers located a man shot multiple times near Calle Quetzal by the old Morelia–Pátzcuaro route in the Las Galeras/Pablo Galeana sector on Monday morning.
• The victim has not been identified and was pronounced dead before receiving prehospital care, according to police reports.
• Police secured the scene and requested personnel from the Michoacán Attorney General’s Office and its crime‑scene unit (USPEC) to collect evidence and transfer the body.
• Neighbors reported hearing gunfire during the night and said they found the body at dawn outside a residence.
• Today’s case is the latest in a short string of killings in the same area since late September, with outlets counting three or four homicides, and officials previously reporting narcotics packaging at one scene.