Overview

• Aranza’s recent self-determination in Paracho brings Michoacán’s total of constitutionally recognized indigenous self-governments to 46 under Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla.
• A new municipal organic law grants direct budgeting to indigenous governments, and a state public security law formally acknowledges community patrols.
• Bedolla guaranteed the arrival of Fortapaz security equipment and said remaining peace-fund resources will support newly autonomous communities this year.
• In meetings with the Consejo Supremo Indígena’s 34 member communities, the governor and his cabinet recorded petitions on security, infrastructure, health, education, water and employment.
• These developments position Michoacán at the forefront of indigenous rights implementation, building on federal constitutional amendments and Cherán’s precedent for autonomy.