Overview
- Protesters blocked access to the Municipal Palace, dumped pig and beef entrails outside, occupied two offices, and set up a permanent camp demanding a public council session and transparency.
- Residents cite months of failed services including uncollected trash, scarce water, a power cut in the municipal seat reportedly tied to a debt exceeding 5 million pesos to the CFE, and a slaughterhouse closed for over 30 days.
- Municipal treasurer Carlos Felipe Sánchez Florentino says Mayor Juana Elizabeth Díaz Peñaloza seized control of town bank accounts on December 19 and had police prevent his access to the Treasury, prompting him to disassociate from handling funds.
- The treasurer alleges roughly 40 million pesos were paid to construction firms without required signatures and that resources were used to buy trucks despite the service breakdown.
- The State Attorney General’s Office has been notified of the complaints, a cross‑party bid to remove the mayor remains stalled because it requires promotion by the state executive, and an attempted informational assembly by the mayor ended without solutions.