Overview
- Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, mayor of Uruapan, was shot during a public Day of the Dead event on Saturday evening and was later declared dead.
- U.S. Undersecretary of State Christopher Landau posted on X within hours, offering to deepen bilateral security cooperation to confront organized crime.
- Landau paired his message with a photograph showing Manzo holding a child at the festival, described as taken moments before the attack.
- U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson expressed condolences and affirmed a shared commitment to justice and safer communities in both countries.
- Mexico’s security chief Omar García Harfuch said all cooperation and any actionable information from foreign or domestic institutions will be received as the investigation continues.