The Government’s plan to ‘pacify’ Michoacán

President Claudia Sheinbaum affirmed that the plan 12 axes and more than 100 actions will have a mixed investment of 57 billion pesos.

He said that, in 2026, the investment in Welfare programs will be 37,450 million pesos, which will benefit 1.5 million inhabitants.

He added that he will personally follow up on this plan for Michoacán every 15 days, and every month he will give public accounts of its progress at the morning conference.

The Michoacan Governor, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, assured that He worked alongside the murdered Mayor Carlos Manzo for stopping the violence in Uruapan.

“Greece asked us to continue our support and my commitment to Uruapan and her is that it will continue. She is not alone. Uruapan is not alone.”

He said that the entity will accompany the plan with 2.7 billion pesos for security, youth, culture, tourism, health, support for the countryside and infrastructure.

He reported that the agency under his charge will implement a approved protocol for dealing with the crime of extortion, with sub-headquarters of the Anti-Extortion Unit in the entity and training of 089 operators.

“The Security Cabinet will hold permanent meetings with agricultural producers of lemon, avocado and other crops “With the purpose of guaranteeing their safety, protecting their economic activities and strengthening trust in institutions, these meetings will allow their concerns to be directly addressed, preventive measures to be coordinated and the presence of authorities in productive areas to be reinforced.”

He promised an operation to “seal” Michoacán, bordering Colima, Jalisco, Querétaro, Guanajuato, State of Mexico and Guerrero, so that criminal groups cannot move outside the entity, nor do other criminals enter.

“This operation consists of sealing the state of Michoacán so that criminal groups do not enter or leave the entity“, he stated in the presentation that took place at the National Palace.

He said they will be deployed 10 thousand 506 elements of the Army, National Guard and local police.

The head of the Secretary of the Navy said that the institution will deploy 1,781 elements in three coastal municipalities: Lázaro Cárdenas, Aquila and Coahuayana, as well as maritime interdiction operations to combat drug trafficking.

“These actions will be complemented with operations from Colima, Guerrero and the State of Mexico to act against specific targets, dismantle and neutralize drug production laboratories, locate and neutralize training camps and counter tactical vehicles of organized crime,” he added.

The Governor He assured that starting next week there will be a territorial presence in the municipalities of Michoacán to carry out programs and services at different levels, including ‘Tianguis del Bienestar’, health days, vaccination days, attention to addictions and public hearings in general.

promised accelerate the Bajío Development Pole, and open one more Development Pole concentrated in agroindustrial processes in the Uruapan region.

“Thirdly, we have to accelerate the work in combination with the Mariana Secretariat, which has ownership and directs the effort in the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas to provide it with a cold chain. Much more of what is produced in Michoacán can be exported and the container terminals and the basic facilities of the port can be expanded.”

It was promised to strengthen the industries of the lemon, mango, sugar cane, avocados and berriesas well as plant health actions and also improve productivity with loans with low interest rates and technical support.

“In total we will support almost 10 thousand small and medium producers, and producers with a federal investment of 292 million pesos and credits for 1,509 million pesos”

The collection of corn is expanded to small and small producers, which means purchasing 30 thousand tons of corn in 30 collection centers in 27 municipalities.

“It implies a social investment of 216 million pesos.”

He assured that they will serve the population of 91 municipalities that still do not have electricity in their homes.

“(…) an investment of 502 million pesos through 870 works in these municipalities between 2026 and 2028.”

He announced “four priority actions” to increase tourism in the entity.

“The first, a permanent promotional campaign for Michoacán se vivir; the second, a large international festival of heritage cities; The third, a comprehensive project of basic tourist infrastructure for all communities in the seven tourist regions, and a guide to community experiences, where 28 municipalities will participate.”

He said that the Youth Building the Future program will be expanded, in addition to the Construyenfo el Futuro strategy, and that there will be an increase 40 job fairs, 9 of them for the Municipality of Uruapan.

He spoke about public-private investments in infrastructure, highways and roads that correspond to just over 13 billion pesos, including the main ones Pátzcuaro-Uruapan, Zitácuaro-Maravatío and Uruapan-Nueva Italia.

As well as new projects for 25,914 million pesos with the Access Branch to Uruapan, the Uruapan-Zamora and the Nueva Italia-Lázaro Cárdenas.

He presented a three-axis plan with 114 drinking water works (investment of 800 million pesos); another on water for the countryside, and clean water, the latter with an investment of 330 million pesos, mainly for the benefit of the Lake Pátzcuaro project.

He spoke about different Wellness programs that are already carried out in the area, such as those for older adults, women, people with disabilities, working mothers with children under four years of age, Sowing Life, Health House by House and the efficient wood stove program, as well as another for fishermen.

“In sum, one million seventy thousand six hundred and thirty-seven beneficiaries of the state of Michoacán will receive an investment of thirty thousand two hundred seventy million pesos“

reported on a new scholarship for higher education students from Michoacán to support them in their public transportation expenses.

“More than 80 thousand young people who are in higher education in Michoacán can benefit.”

He promised the construction of two new hospitalsone in Villas del Pedregal, in Morelia, and another in Zitácuaro, as well as converting seven rural hospitals.

He said that they will inaugurate the Arantepacua hospital, also that the beds will be expanded from 60 to 90 in the Lázaro Cárdenas general hospital, and that a specialized clinic for addictions and community rehabilitation will be installed in Arantepacua.

He promised the construction of 33 new primary care offices in 33 different municipalities, and the construction of two health centers and expanded services in different regions.

“Three, the construction of a new hospital clinic in Cherán.

Four, the remodeling of the Morelia hospital clinic. Five, the remodeling of four first-level medical units. “All this implies an approximate investment of 700 million pesos.”

He said that housing actions in the entity are substantially increased for the non-entitled population and for those entitled.

He assured that the population asked to expand support for local and community artists, as well as the recovery of public space.

He specified that from the Secretariat there are three actions: to have a free center in each municipality of the state (113 municipalities), and that 10 thousand women volunteers in the National Network of Weavers of the Homeland generate actions for workshops and community work for the construction of peace and prevention of violence.

He said that youth events for peace and against actions will be launched, with the aim of reaching 500 activities in public, sporting, cultural and recreational spaces.

“We will carry out tequios, murals, rides, races, festivals, reading clubs and popular cinema, strengthening the participation of young people in Michoacán.”

He expressed that they will continue dialogues and justice plans for indigenous peoples, such as the Purépecha.

“We will have the next one on November 14 in the community of Santa Tomás, in Chilchota and as a result of this dialogue, jointly between the government and indigenous authorities, a set of actions has been defined to implement this plan with an amount of 3,898 million pesos.”

“In the coming days we will be launching two justice plans in the State of Michoacán; the justice plan of the Nagua people of the Coast of Michoacán, and the Mazagua, Otomí and Pirinda justice plan of Michoacán.”