Overview
- Mexico detained Jorge Armando “N” — known as “El Licenciado” — as the alleged mastermind of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo’s assassination, with authorities linking the plot to a CJNG‑affiliated cell.
- Michoacán prosecutors detailed WhatsApp coordination, surveillance before the attack and ballistics that match the murder weapon to other October homicides, while officials signaled further arrests.
- In Campeche, Morena councilor Karina Aurora Díaz Hernández was shot in Palizada and died at a hospital, with the state prosecutor opening an investigation and no arrests reported.
- In Lima, two gunmen fatally shot a man near the cuadra 2 of avenida Miguel Grau in daylight; CCTV captured the chase and police recovered multiple shell casings as they work to identify the victim.
- In Argentina, a suspect was formally charged and remanded for the Pérez home‑invasion killing of Miguel Elías Hemadi, and in Córdoba two 17‑year‑olds were detained and imputed over the stabbing of Lucas Benegas.