Overview

• In Michoacán, coordinated weekend assaults left two dead and one missing, with vehicles torched and explosive drones damaging aircraft at the La Parota airstrip; interagency operations were deployed and no arrests were reported.
• Officials in Michoacán attributed the violence to cartel disputes and said Security and Defense forces responded, while confirming the targeted light planes were private and not carrying passengers.
• In Ecuador, prosecutors opened an investigation into the death of indigenous leader Efraín Fuerez during protests over the diesel subsidy’s removal, as the government’s claim that 17 soldiers were ‘kidnapped’ in Cotacachi is disputed by indigenous leaders.
• Mexico confirmed the death of Miguel Ángel García-Hernández from the Sept. 24 sniper attack on an ICE site in Dallas; President Claudia Sheinbaum said diplomatic notes demand a full U.S. investigation as the gunman, identified as Joshua Jahn, died at the scene.
• In Peru, transport leaders decried the interior minister’s message that no extra funds would be allocated to fight extortion, and General Óscar Arriola assumed command of the National Police as unions plan a new strike for Oct. 2.