Overview
- Grecia Itzel Quiroz, who assumed Uruapan’s leadership after the Nov. 1 killing of Mayor Carlos Manzo, met with federal security chief Omar García Harfuch to demand rapid, targeted strategies against crime.
- She gave a limited “vote of confidence” to security institutions and warned that absent results, citizens who have already staged mass protests could escalate pressure.
- Quiroz disclosed receiving threats just before her swearing-in and agreed to expand her protection detail to safeguard her family and maintain her work.
- During the talks, she pressed authorities to act in highland zones where criminal groups operate and reiterated her call for justice in her husband’s case.
- Movimiento del Sombrero leader José Antonio Arreola publicly praised her leadership and suggested she could seek the Michoacán governorship in 2027, as investigators continue probing a 17-year-old suspected in Manzo’s killing.