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Security Chiefs to Visit Michoacán After Uruapan Mayor’s Killing as New Threats Emerge

Officials say the trip reinforces Plan Michoacán following reported cartel messages to Uruapan’s new mayor.

Overview

  • Federal security chief Omar García Harfuch and Defense Secretary Gen. Ricardo Trevilla are scheduled to travel to Morelia and Uruapan next week to bolster the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.
  • New WhatsApp threats allegedly signed by CJNG figures targeted newly sworn Uruapan mayor Grecia Quiroz and other officials, with messages demanding resignations, according to local reports.
  • Authorities in Morelos opened an investigation after Tepoztlán mayor Perseo Quiroz reported two threatening calls, one traced to a State of Mexico prison, and he filed a complaint with the FIDAI unit.
  • Three Morelos mayors are under additional state and federal protection after confirmed death threats, the state security chief Miguel Ángel Urrutia Lozano said.
  • Public mobilization continued in Michoacán, including a vigil in San Ángel Zurumucapio and large marches in Uruapan calling for justice and security following the Nov. 1 assassination of Carlos Manzo.