Overview
- Alejandro Torres Mora, a lemon producer and nephew of autodefensas founder Hipólito Mora, was shot dead with his wife at their home in La Ruana late Friday night.
- His uncle, local official Guadalupe Mora, accused the criminal group Los Viagras of carrying out the assault, a claim reported by multiple local outlets.
- State security and prosecutorial authorities in Michoacán had not issued public confirmation of the perpetrators at the time of the reports.
- The killings follow the October 20 murder of regional citrus association president Bernardo Bravo Manríquez, who had denounced extortion of growers.
- The Mora family has suffered repeated attacks in La Ruana, including the 2014 killing of Hipólito's son and the 2023 assassination of Hipólito himself.