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Mexico Pledges Biweekly Oversight and a Uruapan-Specific Plan as Security Drive Expands in Michoacán

Families and local leaders press for arrests of the masterminds behind the mayor’s killing.

Overview

  • The federal Security Cabinet met in Morelia and later in Uruapan to reinforce the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia with state and municipal authorities.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch will review the strategy in Michoacán and Uruapan every two weeks to ensure sustained deployments.
  • Officials agreed to develop a localized strategy for Uruapan, known as Plan Paricutín, following a request from Mayor Grecia Quiroz.
  • Federal authorities reported six detentions and the seizure of drugs and weapons in the past 24 hours during operations in Gabriel Zamora, Parácuaro, Morelia and Arteaga.
  • The bishop of Zamora reported fresh threats against Uruapan’s mayor and council, while Quiroz, widow of slain mayor Carlos Manzo, urged swift action to detain the intellectual authors.