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Huáncito Keeps Carapan–Zamora Blockade, Demands Direct Budget and State Dialogue

Residents accuse Chilchota of withholding resources that state finance officials say were already justified.

Piden comuneros de Huáncito apoyo para reforzar bloqueos en Chilchota
Con bloqueo en la Uruapan-Carapan, Huáncito pide recurso de autogobierno
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Pobladores de Huáncito bloquean la Zamora-Uruapan

Overview

  • The roadblock continues at kilometer 113+500 of the Carapan–Zamora highway with state road safety units on site and intermittent traffic reported.
  • Protesters say they escalated after a promised written response on August 25 did not arrive following a meeting with authorities on August 19.
  • Community members report the municipality received funds for January to April from the general fund and January to May from other funds, a claim disputed by the state finance secretariat.
  • The Council Supremo Indígena de Michoacán called for nearby communities to join, and organizers state the blockade will remain indefinite until a dialogue table is installed.
  • Huáncito says it began exercising the right to direct budget in May for the general fund and in June for public works and security, citing stalled local projects and a dispute with Mayor Alejandra Ortiz Suárez.