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Two Michoacán Shootings Under Investigation: Jacona Injury Possibly Self-Inflicted, Uruapan Motorist Slain

State authorities opened separate investigations, classifying Jacona as a possible self‑inflicted shooting, Uruapan as homicide.

Overview

  • Police in Jacona found Agustín H. A., 49, with a gunshot wound to the head inside his home and paramedics rushed him to a hospital in Zamora.
  • Officers secured the residence and recovered a presumed weapon as FGE forensic and ministerial personnel initiated casework.
  • In Uruapan, first responders located a man shot dead inside a white Toyota RAV4 near the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood’s temple and a nearby secondary school.
  • Gunmen fled the scene despite a heavy security response, with local police and the National Guard cordoning the area and requesting the Regional Prosecutor’s team.
  • The victim’s body in Uruapan was sent to the Servicio Médico Forense for autopsy, and an unofficial report named him as Jorge N., 31, with no arrests reported.