Uruapan has a new mayor, she is Grecia Quiroz, widow of her predecessor and husband Carlos Manzo murdered days ago in a public square. Their entry into the municipality was marked by the security device.
After taking office in Morelia, the substitute mayor of Uruapan, Grecia Quiroz, arrived in her municipality this Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by a strong security device.
His vehicle was escorted by at least five trucks with elements of the Army and four more from the National Guard..
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The new mayor took a tour, aboard an armored truck, through the Main Plazawhere her husband, Carlos Manzo, was murdered last Saturday, and she later stopped at the Church of San Francisco. However, did not get out of the vehicle.
Later he moved to the Liaison House of the Sombrero Movement, in the center of the city, where The truck entered, among the strong security device of federal forces.
Then, twenty more GN elements arrived.
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Dressed in black, with a hat in her arms and next to a photo of her husband, Carlos Manzo, Grecia Itzel Quiroz García protested yesterday Wednesday in the Congress of Michoacán as substitute municipal president of Uruapan.
Four days after the murder of Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, which occurred on the night of November 1 in the Main Plaza of Uruapan, His widow promised to continue his legacy, to work for her municipality and asked the followers of the Hat Movement—founded by Manzo himself—not to falter and to remain firm in their fight..
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Grecia Quiroz García entered the plenary session at exactly 3:20 p.m. and a minute later he had already fulfilled his oath of office.
The entire ceremony lasted just 50 minutes. Before, The state Congress approved the initiative to appoint Quiroz García as substitute mayor of Uruapan to conclude the 2024-2027 period.
During their positions, Local legislators remembered the work and courage of Carlos Manzo to fight and protect the people of Uruapan, and emphasized that the Hat Movement will continue.
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In his turn, deputy Carlos Alejandro Bautista Tafolla, of the Sombrero Movement, emphasized that “Carlos Manzo was not murdered, you let him be murdered. His death was an announced execution: he said it, he denounced it, he asked for it and no one listened to it.
“Today I say it with anger and shame: Mexico is bleeding while the governments change color to continue stealing; the same ones as before, only with new shirts; the same ones as always, only with different speeches,” said the legislator.
The session adjourned with one last shout: “Long live Carlos Manzo”.
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