Overview
- Several outlets, citing federal sources, identify the alleged shooter as Osvaldo Gutiérrez Vázquez, known as “El Cuate,” though prosecutors have not verified the identity.
- The Michoacán prosecutor said fingerprints sent to the electoral institute produced no official match so far, and the body remains unclaimed with an active identification notice.
- Authorities displayed photos of 11 tattoos on the deceased, including the number 701, and requested public help to establish his identity.
- Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla reported two people detained and one assailant killed, with state security and the National Guard coordinating operations in Uruapan.
- The state prosecutor described the attack as planned with at least two participants, detailed seven gunshot wounds to the mayor, and said the weapon is linked to two October crimes in Uruapan.