Overview
- Federal officials said an unidentified attacker shot Carlos Manzo seven times during a Day of the Dead event in Uruapan, and the assailant was killed at the scene.
- A municipal council member and a bodyguard were wounded in the attack, and Manzo died in hospital shortly afterward.
- Manzo had been under official protection since December 2024, reinforced in May with 14 National Guard agents, according to Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum posted condolences and convened a security council meeting to support Michoacán and pursue accountability.
- Journalists report entrenched cartel activity by CJNG and Nueva Familia Michoacana in the state, with TF1 saying CJNG had put a bounty on Manzo; videos of the shooting spread online and hundreds demanded justice at his funeral.