Overview
- Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez and Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla held multi‑day videoconference meetings with religious leaders and municipal presidents to shape the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.
- Officials said the dialogues were conducted at the instruction of President Claudia Sheinbaum to gather proposals for the plan.
- Catholic bishops publicly endorsed collaboration and proposed listening forums, community‑leader training, and periodic security and justice roundtables.
- Authorities reported engaging at least 25 mayors in the latest sessions and a total of 59 municipal presidents since Wednesday, with a pledge to keep the dialogue open.
- The consultations come as Michoacán faces sustained violence, including the recent killings of Carlos Manzo and Bernardo Bravo, with 1,024 homicides recorded from January to September and a rise from 93 to 111 cases between August and September.