Overview
- Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez was shot dead on November 1 during a public Day of the Dead event in the city’s main square.
- Michoacán’s attorney general said ballistics tie the murder weapon to two October shootings in Uruapan, steering the investigation toward CJNG involvement.
- Two suspects were detained and a third died during a police confrontation after the attack, and National Guard and municipal police assigned to the mayor’s security have given statements.
- A formal line of inquiry examines whether the hit was retaliation linked to the August 28 arrest of CJNG figure René Belmonte Aguilar, “El Rino,” which the mayor publicized.
- Journalistic reporting alleges a CJNG command chain—naming figures known as El Tierno, El Plumas, El 03 and El Cuate—but prosecutors have not verified those identities; the case unfolds against persistently high homicide levels recorded by INEGI and ongoing disputes among CJNG, Cárteles Unidos and Los Viagras.