Overview
- The subdirector of the municipal police was fatally shot on Tuesday, Oct. 21, while driving on the Morelia–Maravatío highway between San Isidro and San Lucas.
- Gunfire struck his red Nissan, causing the vehicle to overturn; emergency responders and police confirmed his death at the scene.
- The Michoacán Public Security Secretariat said interagency security operations in Indaparapeo have been intensified.
- The state prosecutor’s office opened a homicide case, deployed forensic teams to collect evidence, and transferred the body for the required autopsy.
- No arrests or suspects have been announced, and local reports differ on the victim’s middle name, listing him as Víctor Manuel or Víctor Daniel Velázquez Castillo; coverage notes the killing follows other recent attacks on local figures in the state.