Overview
- State prosecutors say the investigation into the November 1 shooting is exploring possible involvement by organized criminal groups.
- Syndic Hilda Flor del Campo Maldonado Medina is administering the city on an interim basis.
- Municipal officials plan to convene the council to select a successor proposed by Manzo’s Movimiento del Sombrero, and the governor has said the legislature is likely to approve the nomination.
- The attack occurred during the Festival de las Velas in Uruapan’s main plaza, and public works councilor Víctor Hugo de la Cruz Saucedo was wounded.
- Manzo founded the independent Movimiento del Sombrero, which won multiple posts in 2024, including his mayoral victory with 95,381 votes.