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Mexico Announces 'Plan Michoacán' After Uruapan Mayor’s Assassination

The president outlines an intelligence-led security strategy focused on justice.

Overview

  • Claudia Sheinbaum detailed a multi‑axis response that boosts federal deployments, strengthens coordination, and proposes a specialized prosecutor for high‑impact crimes in Michoacán.
  • Authorities said concrete actions will be presented within days, including biweekly security meetings, alert systems for mayors, and measures targeting extortion and homicide.
  • The plan adds economic and social initiatives such as security social coverage and better pay for farmworkers, rural infrastructure projects, and school and community programs for peace.
  • Unrest spread across the state with student‑led marches, clashes with police, and arson at the Apatzingán municipal palace, while Morelia police reported at least eight arrests.
  • Investigators identified the alleged gunman as Osvaldo Gutiérrez Vázquez, “El Cuate,” with reported CJNG links; forensic findings cite seven close‑range shots with a 9mm pistol and one assailant killed at the scene.