Overview

• The attack occurred Tuesday morning on Calzada Benito Juárez when gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a gray Chevrolet Equinox and fled.
• Authorities identified the deceased as Gabriela Merlín H., 29, and her mother, Esperanza L., 50, while a three-year-old girl named Alison was hospitalized and another minor was uninjured.
• Paramedics from Protección Civil Municipal confirmed the two deaths at the scene and transferred the injured child for treatment.
• Police from the municipal force, the Guardia Civil and federal units conducted searches, yet no arrests have been reported.
• Forensic teams from the Fiscalía General del Estado processed the scene and sent the bodies to Semefo, with local tallies counting 21 to 23 homicides in Uruapan so far this month.