Mexican, mayor of Uruapan
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The mayor of Uruapan was assassinated on Saturday night during a Day of the Dead event in the city's main square.
Authorities say that a mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán was shot and killed in a public plaza on Saturday evening.
Mexican bishops' conference condemned the murder of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, who was shot dead during a Day of the Dead ceremony on Nov. 1.
The murder of Mexico’s most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s crackdown on drug cartels, the battle is just beginning.
The murder of the mayor of Uruapan on Saturday night triggered protests in that city in Michoacán as well as state capital Morelia.
A Mexican mayor who called for “brute force” against the country’s violent drug cartels was gunned down in public Saturday night during “Day of the Dead” celebrations in his hometown. Carlos Manzo,
Carlos Manzo was attacked shortly after 8 p.m. and later died from his injuries at a hospital, officials said.