Overview
- National Guard units reached Morelia after midday, reporting to the 21st Military Zone, with Army troops and Guardia Civil scheduled for a 2 p.m. rollout.
- The plan deploys up to 10,506 Army and National Guard personnel across local, containment and reinforcement roles, plus 1,781 Navy elements.
- A 4,140-person border containment effort will work with Colima, Jalisco, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Estado de México and Guerrero to limit criminal movement.
- Assigned missions include tackling extortion, executing technical arrest orders, stopping drug trafficking, dismantling labs and crops, and running an anti-blockade plan to keep roads open.
- Michoacán’s security chief Juan Carlos Oseguera met military commanders to finalize execution details, and targeted reinforcements send 820 personnel to avocado areas and 860 to lemon zones.