Overview

• Buenavista’s mayor, Irma Moreno Mendoza, was ambushed on the Apatzingán–Tepalcatepec road and left unharmed, with reports of gunfire from a nearby hill and a pursuit by motorcyclists.
• Michoacán’s security chief reported aerial and ground deployments in Buenavista and its border with Apatzingán, providing protection to local officials and searching for the attackers.
• Guardia Civil, the Army and the National Guard reinforced patrols and coordinated with the newly installed command of the 43rd Military Zone.
• In a separate incident hours earlier, Apatzingán’s rural development secretary, Aldo Gutiérrez, was shot in the forearm at his office and remains hospitalized in stable condition.
• The state prosecutor’s office secured crime scenes and opened case files, and media mentions of Cártel Michoacán Nueva Generación involvement remain unverified by authorities.