Uruapan, Michoacán, has been in the sights of all of Mexico in recent days. The life of its mayor was taken by organized crime and today his widow is the new municipal president and has taken a political position on the matter:
Greece Itzel Quiroz García She appeared before her people for the first time, after being appointed municipal president of Uruapan to replace her husband Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, murdered on November 1.
With hat in hand, Greece Quiroz He stated that no one was going to bloody the soldiers again. uruapensesand His meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum was not about folding hands. Besides, She called for a vote of punishment to be given in 2027 to honor the memory of her husband.
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“Those who ordered Carlos Manzo to be killed did not know that this hat has an unstoppable, tireless force with which in the [año] “In 2027 we are going to give them a vote of punishment because we are going to assert ourselves and we are going to honor the memory of Carlos Manzo.”.
Uruapan shows its support
From early in the morning, the people of Uruguay showed anger, forcefulness and pain about the situation, but also fortitude to go out into the streets empathetic with the new mayor. Grecia Quiroz stated that she felt supported by her people: more than 70,000 Uruguayans—according to the city council—who left in a caravan from Latin American Avenue and traveled the more than seven kilometers for four hours until they reached Plaza Morelos, where the pergola had already been prepared for the rally.
The peaceful demonstration dressed in white was called by the business chambers, avocado producers and merchantswho brought the murdered mayor’s grandmother to the forefront.
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Under an intense sun and a temperature of 38 degrees, the first part of the human snake populated the square that saw its mayor fall at the hands of organized crime, last November 1.
The organizers were already on stage: businessmen and producers who accompanied the relatives of Carlos Manzo and other homicide victims. The first to take the microphone was Carlos Manzo’s grandmother, Rachel, who can only move around in a wheelchair. She recalled that on many occasions he insisted on the risk that the position entailed and forcefully confronting insecurity.
“I told him: ‘Look, son, you don’t need it. Don’t do it.’ And he told me: ‘I have to get [adelante] to Uruapan because it is my land; I adore people.’ So, that took his life. It can’t be,” said Rachel, whom Manzo Rodríguez also saw as a mother.
“Don’t leave me alone”
Grecia Quiroz García left the house of culture with her husband’s hat in her hand and went on stage under a strong security device. The independent mayor was flanked by her bodyguards dressed in suits, by elements of the National Guard and the Army, and by her family..
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With her gaze fixed on two paintings of her husband, she said: “Today, at this moment, Carlos Manzo is standing here next to me, and I want to tell you that this fight will not be in vain. “They may have taken away our leader, but they left us a hero for whom we are going to fight and honor his memory.”.
Amongst applause, the new mayor of that municipality located 110 kilometers from the capital of Michoacán, who wore a combination of black and white, stated that today one of Carlos Manzo’s legacies is fulfilled: seeing his people united by this fight, which he defended until the last day of his life.
Grecia, who at times seemed fearful, changed her mood when she heard from the thousands of attendees who accompanied her, the cry of “You are not alone.”
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“Today I come to tell you that there is hope for Uruapan, for Michoacán, for Mexico; for all those people who have lost a loved one, for all those who have been extorted, robbed, abused. Today I want to give you that message of hope.”
Quiroz García recalled that the day a 17-year-old teenager shot her husband, she could only pick up the hat from the floor. “But those who ordered Carlos Manzo to be killed did not know that this hat has an unstoppable and tireless force. “Today I also come to tell you that you would have to come and kill us all so that this struggle stops walking in the streets and stops supporting the most vulnerable people.”.
As the seconds passed, the mayor’s words rose in tone in that unread message for her people, for the political class and for criminals.
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“We are not going to let anyone come to trample on the people of Uruguay. We are not going to let anyone come to bloody the people of Uruguay even more, we are not going to allow it. We are going to continue walking with the independent movement of the hat. “I need your help, I need you not to leave me alone.”.
Quiroz García asked the attendees who filled the public square for their authorization to accept the strong security device that protects her after the murder of her husband and her appointment as municipal president, as she said that this is the only way she can move forward in this responsibility at the head of the governance of her municipality.
He took the opportunity to talk about the meeting on November 3 with President Claudia Sheinbaum: “I want you to know that the meeting I had with the President of Mexico was not to go and fold our hands, it was to demand justice, justice for Carlos Manzo, to go demand that they look back at our municipality, it was to demand that they remove all those criminals that they [gobierno federal] They know where they are.”
Grecia Quiroz was cheered, applauded and surrounded by shouts of support for her, her family and her new assignment.: to be the first independent mayor that this municipality has had.
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