Overview

• Residents kept up a blockade at the Zinapécuaro toll booth on the Autopista de Occidente at kilometer 202, with brief openings reported after Civil Guard personnel arrived.
• Officials from municipal, state and federal levels set up a dialogue table with relatives at the site, and search operations are continuing.
• The Michoacán state search commission issued an official notice with identifying details, including acne scars and a left-arm tattoo reading “García.”
• José García Hernández has been missing since August 19, with a formal complaint filed on August 20, and authorities have not reported his location or any arrests.
• Protesters criticize what they call a slow response, vow not to lift the action without clear answers, and say they could take the protest to Mexico City if needed.