The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, assured that there will be no impunity in the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, and promised to find those responsible for his death.

“As I mentioned to his family and Let me be perfectly clear: there will be no impunity. We will pursue all investigations until we find those responsible, not only those who carried out the execution but also whoever ordered it,” he said.

From her morning press conference at the National Palace, the Mexican president pledged to support the state of Michoacan with the full force of the state to clarify this case and bring those responsible to justice.

“The full force of the state, the force of the state is justice… It is addressing the root causes and zero impunity, intelligence, investigation, and prosecution, but the war on drugs, the extrajudicial killings, that led to nothing. We are going to stand with Michoacan, they are not alone, and we will not abandon them, not Uruapan, not all of Michoacan, just as we stand with the rest of the country,” she commented.

The Mexican president referred to the opposition as “vultures” for using the death of Carlos Manzo to criticize her government.

“We cannot fail to mention this barrage from the right wing, from some pundits and hosts, or rather, owners or concessionaires, in any “At this point, I heard no condolences to the family, but they were there like vultures,” he said. It was last Saturday, November 1st, that the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, was murdered in a public square during an event commemorating the Day of the Dead. For his part, the Secretary of National Defense of Mexico, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, acknowledged the bravery of the murdered mayor and explained that he had a security detail, which included close protection by municipal police and perimeter security provided by the National Guard. “The National Guard personnel were trained and equipped with weapons to confront criminal groups with high firepower.”Their mission was to provide perimeter security and accompany the mayor on tours and operations,” he stated. Meanwhile, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Omar Garcia Harfuch, clarified that there is no evidence that the mayor's bodyguards had ties to organized crime. “In fact, it was one of the municipal police officers who killed the assailant… We are going to reinforce operations in Michoacan, prioritizing the investigation into the use of force,” Garcia Harfuch emphasized.