This Wednesday, November 5, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo reported that Grecia Itzel Quiroz García, widow of the municipal president of Uruapan, will be the next mayor of the Michoacan municipality.
Yesterday, Tuesday, the proposal of the Uruapan Council for Quiroz García to occupy the position, which ends in 2027, reached the Congress of the state of Michoacán.. If approved, must protest before the full chamber in the state capital.
The Michoacán legislature called an extraordinary session for this Wednesday in which a single point will be addressed in which there will be “reading, discussion and voting of the opinion with a draft decree by which substitute municipal president of the H. City Council of Uruapan, Michoacán, is appointed for the time remaining to conclude the period 2024-2027, prepared by the governorship commission. And protest“, reads the document.
The president of the Political Coordination Board of the Congress of the State of Michoacán, Fabiola Alanís Sámano, indicated yesterday that the state Legislature He had already been informed of the proposal, so that Grecia Quiroz remains in charge of the mayor’s office of that Uruapan.
“We are going to respect and do everything in our power so that the will of the people of Uruapan is expressed in the next governance of their municipality,” said the Morenoist deputy.
Operations intensify in Uruapan
This Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Security of Michoacán intensified operations in the municipality, mainly concentrated in the municipal seat and surrounding areas.
The deployment of dozens of elements could be seen in the streets and avenues of the city, where it caused surprise to the population, who for years had been demanding more security.
In the operation, led by the Undersecretary of Police Operation, José Ortega Silva, Elements from the Civil Guard and other areas of the SSP participate, as well as patrols from the National Guard.
The tasks they will be in charge of are routes, checkpoints and intelligence work.
Reveriano López Montoya, a retired teacher, said he was surprised by the security device; He said he had not seen an operation of that magnitude.
“Look, what we see is good. I can’t tell you if I feel safer, because it’s still very early. We’ll see if they leave them or if the days go by they take them, as has happened on other occasions,” he said.
He added that if the deployments had been made since the violence began to spread, “Uruapians would not be experiencing this and we would have peace and prosperity, because Uruapan had always been a very productive municipality.”
Sheinbaum receives Grecia Quiroz
Grecia Itzel Quiroz García, widow of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, went to the National Palace this Tuesday to hold a private meeting with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
The meeting between the President and Quiroz García lasted one hour and 45 minutes, was private and It was part of the support actions that the federal government offered to the mayor’s family after his murder and within the framework of the announcement of the Michoacán Plan to recover security in the state..
No details of the meeting were released..
The President Sheinbaum Pardo has publicly expressed his condolences for the mayor’s crime, which he described as “cowardly”, and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring that there is no impunity in the case..
“There will be no impunity“We are going to continue all the investigations until we can find all those responsible, not just the materials,” the President said on Monday.
He instructed the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, headed by Rosa Icela Rodríguez, to maintain permanent communication with the authorities of Michoacán to strengthen investigations and guarantee security in Uruapan.
The meeting between the President and Grecia Quiroz occurred three days after the murder of the Michoacan councilorwhich occurred last Saturday, November 1, during the inauguration of the Candle Festival, which was part of the Day of the Dead celebration.
The murder of the mayor of Uruapan Carlos Manzo generated national outrageas well as solidarity reactions from federal, state and municipal authorities. Citizen demonstrations have also been recorded.
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