Overview

• At about 7:30 a.m. on July 18, unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on two men in a San José de la Mina alley near Calzada Benito Juárez.
• Municipal civil protection paramedics rendered aid and transported the wounded to a local hospital, where they remain under police guard.
• Local police and National Guard units secured the site and conducted a sweep in search of the suspects, but no arrests have been made.
• The Regional Prosecutor’s Office has taken over the case and initiated an inquiry to determine responsibility and clarify the circumstances of the attack.
• Uruapan has experienced a string of rapid motorcycle assaults that strain local security forces and fuel concerns over impunity.