Sheinbaum presented a security and economic plan for Michoacán and addressed reports of planned US military operations in Mexico on Tuesday.

Some see the security plan, which the Mexican president rolled out after the murder of the Uruapan mayor shocked the country, as more of the same ineffective politics.

Mexican Mayor Carlos Manzo, who opposed drug cartels, was fatally shot during Day of the Dead celebrations in Uruapan on Saturday.

The murder of the mayor of Uruapan on Saturday night triggered protests in that city in Michoacán as well as state capital Morelia.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new "war on drugs" as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who was shot at a Day of the Dead celebration, a brazen killing that has sparked national outrage.

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.

MEXICO CITY (CN) — In her morning press conference on Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to the murder of outspoken Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo, killed Saturday night during Day of the Dead celebrations in his home state.

When those who defy organized crime are left unprotected, the state loses its legitimacy.

Carlos Manzo was attacked shortly after 8 p.m. and later died from his injuries at a hospital, officials said.

Authorities say that a mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán was shot and killed in a public plaza on Saturday evening.