The death of Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, has sparked outrage throughout the country and, once again, demands for justice are present. But it is not the only homicide of this type in the entity, so far there have been seven. Here the details:
The Day of the Dead in Uruapan was a day of mourning. The residents said goodbye to their municipal president, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez (independent), who was murdered on Saturday night in the main squareminutes after having inaugurated the Candle Festival.
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The city’s commerce and government came to a standstill, but not its people, who took to the streets to accompany their mayor on his last tour of the city..
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In the morning he was laid to rest at the San José Funeral Home. Hundreds of people dressed in black came to pay their condolences to the family. To the widow, Grecia Quiroz, to the mayor’s mother and brothers.
The governor of Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, was present. When he arrived and left, he was booed by the people outside the wake.who shouted “Get out!” Justice!, and Murderer!
After noon, the coffin with the mayor’s body was carried in procession through the streets of the city to the main square of Uruapan, where was welcomed with mariachi music.
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Along the way, thousands of residents, crying, They shouted: Justice! and the pain overwhelmed the city.
In the main square of Morelos, where Manzo Rodríguez, The Man with the Hat, as he called himself, died, There was no room for a soul other than that of that man who gained spotlight for confronting the violence that plagues his municipality..
The Pergola, that emblematic construction, witnessed the coming and going of family, friends, politicians and people who approached the mahogany coffin covered with the flag of Mexico.
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His widow spoke and with a broken voice remembered Carlos Manzo as a man “without fear of anything.”“, without fear of losing their lives, without fear of leaving their children orphaned today.”
“They killed the best president [municipal] of Mexico, who dared to raise his voice, to debate, to speak the truth”he expressed.
“Today I tell the people of Uruapan, that we do not falter, that we unite, that we rise, as he would have liked, that we fightthat we defend our children tooth and nail, that we defend that Uruapan of before, that we defend our homeland, because he would have been the best president of Mexico,” he expressed.
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He also called on mothers and fathers to care for and educate their children.“Today I tell everyone who is here, educate your children, love them, and if they go down the wrong path, question them, correct them; and if it is necessary to put them in jail, put them in jail yourself, because he said it well, it is better to go to jail to see our children than to go cry for them in the pantheon. It is better to correct them in time,” he said while people responded with shouts: “You are not alone!”
They ask for justice
Everyone talks about the seven shots that Carlos Manzo received and that took his life. They cannot believe what happened and associations and groups called at the last minute for a march for peace, in honor of all the victims of violence, but especially, the 40-year-old politician, who liked to ride his fine horse, which also accompanied its rider through the streets with Manzo’s hat on his back.
In the afternoon, the body mass was held in the church of San Francisco.to later see the arrival of the contingent that walked the entire Lázaro Cárdenas walk.
Families demonstrated with banners that express the pain of the murder of Manzo Rodríguez.
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“Justice in Uruapan”; “Justice for Manzo”; “Uruapan in mourning”; “It was celebrating the Day of the Dead, not that there were deaths on this day,” said some of the messages on the cards.
As night fell, the body of Carlos Manzo walked along Cupatitzio Avenue, flanked by the crowds gathered in mourning, to the San Juan Evangelista municipal pantheon, where a mariachi dedicated El Rey to him..
At the door of the cemetery, Grecia Quiroz and Juan Manzo, brother of the mayor, thanked the people for accompanying them on this day.
Mayors murdered in Michoacán
Almost 24 hours after the attack, the body of Mayor Carlos Manzo rests in peace; He is the seventh mayor of Michoacán shot dead in less than four years.
He was murdered less than 15 days after the crime of the lemon leader Bernardo Bravo; Both denounced criminal violence in the entity.
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Seven mayors murdered
So far in the current state government, seven municipal presidents have died in attacks.
| November 1, 2025 | Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, from Uruapan, was shot at the opening of the Candle Festival. |
| June 17, 2025 | The municipal president of Tepalcatepec, Martha Laura Mendoza, was murdered outside her home. |
| June 6, 2025 | Salvador Bastida García, mayor of Tacámbaro, died in an attack outside his home. |
| June 3, 2024 | Yolanda Sánchez Figueroa, municipal president of Cotija, was murdered by armed men. |
| March 30, 2024 | Guillermo Torres Rojas, municipal president of Churumuco, was murdered in Morelia. |
| March 11, 2022 | César Arturo Valencia Caballero, municipal president of Aguililla, died in an armed attack. |
| February 8, 2022 | Enrique Velázquez Orozco, mayor of Contepec, was found dead after being kidnapped. |
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