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Taco Vendor and Motorcyclist Killed in Separate Michoacán Shootings

The killings cap a December surge in lethal violence across both municipalities.

Overview

  • In Zamora’s Centro district, taco vendor Jesús G., 30, was shot dead on Privada Galeana following a citizen call to C5 SITEC.
  • Municipal police, the National Guard, and the Guardia Civil secured the Zamora scene as state investigators collected 9 mm shell casings.
  • Later in Uruapan, a motorcyclist estimated at 30–35 years old was found fatally shot in Infonavit Rosa de Castilla after neighbors initially reported a crash.
  • Guardia Civil units mounted a search in Uruapan with no detentions reported, and the victim’s body was sent to the regional Semefo pending identification.
  • Local tallies for December cite at least 16 homicides plus skeletal remains in Zamora and at least 14 homicides and a human osamenta in Uruapan.