In Mexico, the mayor of Uruapan was shot dead during the Day of the Dead celebration: authorities suspect mafia groups

Mayor Carlos Manzo Rodriguez was killed during a Day of the Dead celebration in the Mexican city of Uruapan. According to law enforcement, the politician was shot dead just after a public event, and the investigation is looking into the involvement of organized crime groups.

This is reported by El Economista .

The incident occurred on the evening of November 1 in the state of Michoacan. According to preliminary data, at around 8:10 p.m., unknown assailants opened fire on the car in which the mayor was traveling. Manso was fatally wounded and died at the Fray Juan de San Miguel Hospital forty minutes after the attack.

A 9mm pistol and several shell casings were recovered from the scene. One of the attackers was killed in the shootout, but his identity has not yet been established. City Council member Victor Hugo de la Cruz Saucedo was also injured, but his life is not in danger.

Michoacan’s chief prosecutor, Carlos Torres Piña, said two people suspected of involvement in the murder had already been arrested. State criminal investigators and prosecutors were involved in the investigation.

Carlos Manso has led the city of Uruapan since September 2024. The Michoacan region is known as one of the most dangerous in Mexico, where the New Generation of Jalisco and the New Family of Michoacan drug cartels are active.

The mayor’s killing comes just days after the killing of Bernardo Bravo, a lemon producer who had publicly reported threats from criminals. Mexican authorities see the events as an escalation of violence in the region.

On the same day, a massive fire broke out in the northwestern Mexican city of Hermosillo during Day of the Dead celebrations. An explosion in a store killed at least twenty-three people, including four children, and injured more than a dozen others.

It is preliminary known that the fire was caused by a car explosion near the entrance to the Waldo’s chain store. Rescuers and Red Cross medics worked on the scene, and the regional authorities announced the cancellation of all festive events.

Governor Alfonso Durazo and Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum Pardo expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased and ordered a full investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy.

Recall that in Mexico, 23-year-old blogger Valeria Marquez was killed during a live broadcast . She had about 200 thousand followers on TikTok and Instagram and died in her beauty salon in the suburbs of Guadalajara when a man entered the premises and probably shot her.

Earlier, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, a candidate for mayor of Tequistepec, Yesenia Lara Gutierrez, was shot dead during an election rally .

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