Overview
- Defense chief Ricardo Trevilla announced Operación Paricutín with 10,506 Army, Air Force and National Guard personnel to “seal” Michoacán, backed by helicopters, drones, counter‑drone units and border containment with neighboring states.
- Omar García Harfuch outlined four pillars for the plan—prevention, strengthening the National Guard and state police, enhanced intelligence and investigation, and intergovernmental coordination—and pledged no impunity in the killing of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo.
- Federal officials will visit Michoacán next week, including Uruapan at the request of mayor Grecia Quiroz, to supervise operations, meet local authorities and producers, and expand anti‑extortion measures such as subsites for complaints and dedicated 089 operators.
- Interior secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez detailed a broader 12‑axis effort with territory‑wide presence, including house‑to‑house outreach, welfare and health brigades, community space recovery and the Tianguis del Bienestar, alongside respect for human rights and citizen tip lines like 088.
- Public pressure continues with new marches in Uruapan and Guadalajara honoring Manzo, while the Indigenous community of Nurio formally disavowed ties to the identified 17‑year‑old attacker’s family, noting their residence in Paracho and a prior expulsion from local bodies.