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García Harfuch Leads Security Review in Michoacán, Takes Plan to Uruapan

Local officials sought concrete follow-through with resources to strengthen municipal police after recent violence.

Overview

  • Federal, state and municipal authorities met at the 21st Military Zone in Morelia to review the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.
  • The session included SSPC chief Omar García Harfuch, the heads of Sedena and Semar, Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, the state prosecutor’s office, and leaders of the judicial and legislative branches.
  • Afterward, García Harfuch led a convoy to Uruapan for talks with Mayor Grecia Quiroz, following the group's arrival in Morelia aboard a Mexican Air Force helicopter.
  • Morelia Mayor Alfonso Martínez Alcázar urged sustained support to purge and professionalize local police with vetting, equipment, training, patrols and funding, and called for stronger capacity at the FGE.
  • Ramírez Bedolla welcomed federal backing from President Claudia Sheinbaum and said state Security Secretary Juan Carlos Oseguera Cortés will remain in his post.