A week after the start of the demonstrations over the death of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo Rodríguezthis Sunday a new group took to the streets of the municipality, in repudiation of the crime.
Men and women belonging to different cultural groups, dressed in traditional costumes, organized to carry out the protest.
Their meeting point was at the point known as La Cedrera, and from there they went to the center of the city.
Long skirts, colorful aprons, blouses with hand embroidery, sequins and ribbons in the long braids in the case of women, were observed as they passed and the contingent advanced.
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In the case of men, blanket pants and white shirts predominated with hats, which in these recent demonstrations have been the symbol and banner of struggle.
They demand justice for the death of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo
White balloons and cardboard with phrases demanding justice for the death of its mayor, Carlos Manzo, as well as security for the entire municipality and location of missing people in the region.
This Friday, thousands of people walked the streets of Uruapan, in a protest that paralyzed the municipality with the closure of businesses, gas stations, buildings and the stoppage of transportation, to demand an end to insecurity in the municipality and justice for its dejected mayor.
Demonstrations, marches and social mobilizations are very timely and valuable expressions; they do constitute a call to build peace, he stated. Carlos Garfias Merlos, archbishop of Morelia.
This, with respect to the actions developed since the past November 2in municipalities like Uruapan, Morelia, Apatzingán, Pátzcuaro y Lazaro Cardenasafter the murder of Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, mayor of Uruapan.
At a press conference held this Sunday, in the vicinity of the CathedralCarlos Garfias indicated that “when dramatic or tragic events are recorded, the important thing is to find a way to give them a focus of calling for peace.”
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Expressions of the population become ‘very timely and very valuable’
Likewise, avoid incurring abuses, such as exacerbating tempers and bringing rage, anger and more violence, since this harms more than benefits the population, and demand justice, which corresponds to the authorities. He insisted that mobilizations, marches and social demonstrations must focus on generating concrete ways to educate for the construction of peace and to care for the victims of violence, thereby The expressions of the population become “very timely and very valuable”.
After the homicide, the past November 1 by Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, mayor of Uruapan, various demonstrations, marches and mobilizations have taken place in the state, in municipalities such as Uruapan Morelia, Pátzcuaro, Apatzingán and Lázaro Cárdenas.
In some cases, the social effervescence translated into damage to public buildings, such as the cable car stations, in Uruapan; he Government Palacein Morelia, and the Municipal Palace, in Apatzingán.