Overview
- A joint operation focused on Ángel Chávez Ponce in Salvador Escalante preceded vehicle burnings and road closures reported across at least seven to a dozen municipalities, including routes such as Morelia–Quiroga, Quiroga–Pátzcuaro, Zamora–La Piedad and the México–Guadalajara highway.
- Authorities reported two presumed criminals killed in a confrontation in La Cantera, part of the same deployment that sought to locate the regional figure known as “El Camaleón.”
- The federal security cabinet said 12 suspects were detained and eight improvised explosive devices, four firearms, more than 800 rounds, 29 magazines and seven vehicles—two with makeshift armor—were seized, along with drugs and tactical gear.
- Patrols were extended to safeguard agricultural zones, including lemon groves, under the broader strategy that also fields an Army unit tasked with countering road blockades.
- The target’s detention has not been announced, and local reporting indicates he evaded security cordons, while the security push follows the appointment of José Antonio Cruz Medina as Michoacán’s public security chief.