Overview
- Mayor Gustavo Alarcón Herrera asked federal and state governments to keep the security reinforcements that arrived in December in the state capital.
- He said withdrawing the National Guard and state police would risk a setback in public safety and called for institutional unity to preserve recent progress.
- The mayor credited coordinated efforts across all levels of government with restoring public confidence and delivering a peaceful Feria de San Mateo, Navidad y Año Nuevo.
- In Taxco, LP gas company Sonigas reported threats and extortion and has again closed its facilities, stopping sales and distribution as of Sunday, January 11, through Tuesday.
- Gas suppliers in Taxco had already suspended service from January 3 before briefly resuming on January 9 after security assurances from authorities.