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Three Killed in Separate Weekend Shootings in Michoacán’s Zamora and Morelia

Investigators are processing both scenes with no suspects identified.

Overview

  • Two young men were shot along a dirt track at the boundary of the Acanto II and Acanto I developments in Zamora; one died at the scene and the other after being taken to a hospital.
  • A man was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds inside a property on Calle Pino in Morelia’s Loma Dorada neighborhood, near the Policía Morelia command.
  • Police and paramedics responded to both incidents, secured the areas and coordinated with state prosecutors’ forensic teams.
  • The Fiscalía General del Estado collected evidence and transferred the bodies to the Servicio Médico Forense for necropsy and identification.
  • Local reporting counts at least eight homicides in Zamora so far in September, highlighting a short-term rise in lethal violence in the municipality.