Overview
- Yesenia Méndez Rodríguez, who served as secretary to both slain mayor Carlos Manzo and current mayor Grecia Quiroz, was detained in Uruapan in connection with the Nov. 1 killing.
- The National Detention Registry indicates she was apprehended outside the Casa de la Cultura in the Centro neighborhood and taken before a public prosecutor.
- Authorities executed an arrest warrant in a coordinated operation led by the federal Security Ministry, with state and federal prosecutors describing her as “presuntamente vinculada” to the homicide.
- In a prior hearing for suspect Jorge Armando “N”, investigators cited a Threema chat suggesting a person close to Manzo provided real-time updates on his movements the night of the attack, while officials have kept her exact level of involvement under seal.
- Officials say the case has produced multiple arrests and identified three attackers, including one who died at the scene and two later found dead, with further investigative actions expected.