Overview
- PRI coordinator Guillermo Valencia publicly named federal deputy and former governor Leonel Godoy as a figure to investigate in the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo.
- Valencia characterized the killing as an act of the State and pressed authorities to examine a political conspiracy alongside organized-crime involvement.
- He alleged the suspected gunman was unlawfully killed to erase links to intellectual authors, a claim not independently verified in the reports.
- The call was delivered at the Chamber of Deputies during a media appearance alongside PRI legislator Xitlalic Ceja.
- No formal charges have been announced, and PRI leaders urged faster, thorough probes into this and other recent mayoral killings in Michoacán.