Overview

• Molina was shot dead around 7:30 p.m. on October 11 while traveling in a gray pickup at Veracruz and Tlaxcala in Moroleón’s El Progreso neighborhood in what initial reports describe as a direct attack.
• A woman riding with him, identified in some reports as Verónica, was gravely wounded and remains hospitalized after paramedics stabilized her at the scene.
• Guanajuato’s state prosecutor’s office opened an investigation, crime-scene teams collected multiple shell casings, and authorities have not announced arrests or a motive.
• Governor Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo and Moroleón Mayor Alma Rosa Barragán publicly lamented the killing and pledged to pursue those responsible.
• Molina, a well-known local couturier, had recently drawn wider attention for designing the dress the governor wore for the Independence Day “Grito” ceremony.