Overview
- The Michoacán prosecutor’s office said Yesenia Méndez and municipal official Samuel García were required to give statements and left the FGE offices the same night.
- Despite their release, National Detention Registry entries still list both as detained by federal and state agents outside Uruapan’s Casa de la Cultura on January 8.
- Authorities allege Méndez relayed the mayor’s movements using the encrypted app Threema, a detail that underscores the inquiry into possible insider facilitation.
- Officials attribute the November 1 killing of Mayor Carlos Manzo to a CJNG-ordered operation that used a 17-year-old gunman, as multi-agency arrests continue.
- Public counts of detainees vary across official statements and media reports, while named suspects include “El Licenciado,” a CJNG leader in Michoacán, seven of Manzo’s escorts, and other alleged operatives; the mayor’s chief of security remains at large.