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Uruapan Sets Succession Process After Assassination of Mayor Carlos Manzo

The council will consider a successor nominated by Movimiento del Sombrero, a path the governor expects Congress to ratify.

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.