Overview

• Buenavista mayor Irma Moreno Mendoza was ambushed on the Apatzingán–Tepalcatepec highway while traveling in a private vehicle and was confirmed unharmed.
• Preliminary reports indicated gunfire came from a nearby hillside as the mayor rode with her team and her husband.
• State and federal forces deployed ground and aerial units, including the Guardia Civil, National Guard and Army, to secure the area and protect officials.
• Hours earlier in Apatzingán, Rural Development Secretary Aldo Gutiérrez was shot while entering his offices, suffered forearm wounds and was hospitalized under police and military guard, with local reports describing his condition as stable.
• The state prosecutor’s office opened an investigation and secured the crime scenes, as authorities reinforced security across neighboring municipalities in the Tierra Caliente region.