Overview
- Residents held a late-afternoon mass at San Francisco parish before gathering at the plaza where Manzo was shot during the Festival de las Velas.
- Investigators have identified CJNG as having ordered the attack and named alleged operatives, including Jorge Armando “El Licenciado,” linked to coordinating the hit.
- Prosecutors say nine people are formally linked to proceedings in the case, including seven of Manzo’s bodyguards, though the motive has not been established.
- A 17-year-old identified as the gunman was killed by a police officer shortly after the shooting, and two other alleged accomplices were later found dead under circumstances not publicly detailed.
- The killing triggered protests across Michoacán and in Mexico City, and the federal government’s Plan Michoacán de Paz y Justicia remains the stated security response.