Overview
- On December 25, 2016, six human heads were left in public in Jiquilpan near the Jardín de la Paz, with authorities cordoning the scene at the Profesor Fajardo and Justo Sierra intersection.
- A note at the site accused the victims of being 'chapulines', and officials linked the crime to a dispute between CJNG and the Los Viagras cell.
- Investigators moved to nearby Sahuayo, came under fire, and detained three men and two women; the six decapitated bodies were later found in La Palma, Venustiano Carranza.
- Fifty‑three Jiquilpan municipal police officers were taken to Morelia for review over suspected criminal ties and returned after roughly a day and a half under state command.
- Current coverage frames the episode alongside preliminary SESNSP figures showing 42 homicide victims on December 24, 2025, above the month’s daily average of 24.