Overview
- Méndez, a close aide who served Carlos Manzo and remained on staff under Mayor Grecia Quiroz, gave a declaration to the Michoacán prosecutor and will continue the process in freedom.
- Authorities have not clarified whether her presentation constituted a formal arrest, even as the National Detention Registry records custody by federal and state agents on January 8.
- Judicial sources indicate there was no arrest warrant when she was brought to testify, and Méndez later posted that she had reunited with her family.
- Another municipal official, identified as Samuel N., was detained the same day in connection with the case, according to the detention registry.
- The wider probe has produced multiple arrests of alleged CJNG-linked figures, including suspected organizer “El Licenciado,” as well as seven municipal escorts, with totals differing across media reports.