Overview
- Mexico’s Security Ministry confirmed Bernardo Bravo dispensed with his three bodyguards and an armored vehicle upon entering the Tianguis Limonero in Apatzingán.
- Bravo’s body was later found near Cenobio Moreno with signs of violence and a gunshot to the head, according to the Michoacán prosecutor’s office.
- Rigoberto “N,” alias “El Plátano,” was detained in Cenobio Moreno with 25,000 pesos, three phones, and suspected drugs, and is being investigated for possible involvement in the killing.
- SSPC chief Omar García Harfuch identified the detainee as a CJNG-allied operative responsible for collecting extortion payments from lime producers in the region.
- State and federal authorities are taking statements from Bravo’s escorts, reconstructing his movements and calls from Sunday, and continuing coordinated forensic and investigative work.