Overview
- Federal sources identify the detainee as Marco Vinicio Blanco, a recent Pátzcuaro mayoral candidate for Más Michoacán, a party that later lost its registration.
- Guardia Nacional stopped a white Dodge Ram during preventive checks under the Plan Michoacán por la paz y la justicia operation in the lake region.
- Agents report seizing a .357 Magnum revolver, two live cartridges, and the vehicle after the inspection.
- Blanco was traveling with a man identified as José R., and both were placed at the disposal of the competent authorities.
- Reports describe Blanco as a nephew of former mayor Víctor Báez, and no prosecutor statement or formal charges had been detailed at publication.