Overview
- State prosecutors arrested Jorge Armando “N” (“El Licenciado”) as a principal operator in the homicide and transferred him to the Altiplano federal prison.
- Federal security officials identified Ramón Ángel Álvarez (“R1”) as the alleged intellectual author who gave the order to El Licenciado to kill Mayor Carlos Manzo.
- The Michoacán Fiscalía detained seven members of the mayor’s escort for alleged omission in their duties and possible participation, while the governor said one guard remains a fugitive.
- In court, the ex–Uruapan security director Demetrio “N” acknowledged firing at the suspected gunman, and a ballistics expert testified that a single 9 mm Pietro Beretta was used to shoot both the mayor and the assailant.
- Hearing materials described intercepted Threema messages indicating a tipster inside Manzo’s circle and a posthumous letter from recruiter Ramiro “N” that tied El Licenciado to the plot and alleged a bounty offered by “R1”.