Overview
- The government assigned tasks across agencies and began consultations in Michoacán, with a first draft of the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia expected Friday and a public presentation targeted next week.
- Claudia Sheinbaum met with Grecia Quiroz, widow of Carlos Manzo, who takes office as Uruapan’s mayor today, and pledged federal support for the municipality under the new plan.
- The initiative rests on three pillars—security and justice, economic development with justice, and education and culture for peace—with consultations spanning indigenous communities, farmers, business groups, religious leaders, and officials.
- Sheinbaum ruled out militarization and rejected calls for U.S. intervention, said the strategy will focus on causes, the National Guard, interagency coordination, and intelligence, and cited a 32% year-over-year drop in homicides through October.
- Authorities said the suspected shooter has not yet been identified, as political contention grows over the response and an editorial criticizes opposition figures and recent statements by U.S. officials as interventionist.