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Outspoken anti-crime mayor assassinated in Uruapan, Michoacán’s second-largest city

The mayor of Uruapan was assassinated on Saturday night during a Day of the Dead event in the city's main square.

Why the Mexican president refuses to restart the drug war despite mayor’s assassination

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new "war on drugs" as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who ...
Courthouse News Service

Sheinbaum scrambles for security plan amid growing indignation over violence

Some see the security plan, which the Mexican president rolled out after the murder of the Uruapan mayor shocked the country, ...
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Murder of Carlos Manzo: A killing bearing the hallmarks of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

A hitman linked to the CJNG shot dead the mayor of Uruapan, who had arrested the group’s leader in August ...

Bold Assassinations Are ‘Reality Check’ in Mexico’s Cartel Fight

The murder of Mexico’s most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s crackdown on drug ...