His immediate security was provided by municipal police from his trusted circle, and the National Guard assigned 14 elements to support them with peripheral security, at the mayor's request,” the official detailed. He emphasized that the authorities are conducting an exhaustive investigation to clarify the attack that occurred on Saturday night, when Manzo was shot after leaving a public event in Uruapan, Michoacán. García Harfuch condemned the murder and assured that the federal government is working in close coordination with the Michoacán authorities to find those responsible, who, he said, took advantage of his vulnerability to carry out the attack. "We strongly condemn this crime and rest assured that there will be no impunity. Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, who was assassinated on the night of November 1, had federal and municipal protection since late 2024, which had been reinforced in May of this year, reported this Sunday the Secretary of Citizen Security (SSPC), Omar García Harfuch. At a press conference, the head of the SSPC explained that the National Guard (GN) had assigned 14 elements for the peripheral security of the municipal president, in addition to two official vehicles, in coordination with municipal police from his trusted circle. "Carlos Manzo, since December 2024, had assigned protection, and in May of this year there was an additional reinforcement. The mayor even announced rewards for municipal police who took down hitmen," he reported. As in other cases, we will go to the ends of the earth for this cowardly act to be fully clarified and for all those responsible to be identified," he promised. He also confirmed that in the attack, councilman Víctor Hugo de la Cruz was also injured, who is out of danger and assured that no line of investigation is ruled out in the crime. For his part, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, Secretary of National Defense, reiterated that Manzo Rodríguez had permanent accompaniment and communication from the Army and the National Guard, with whom he held at least four formal meetings between May and October to review his security scheme and the progress of the operations deployed in the region. There was always direct, permanent, and continuous communication with the mayor. He noted that although in the first meetings the mayor requested more troops, in subsequent meetings, including the one on October 21, ten days before the attack, only strategies and territorial adjustments were reviewed, without new reinforcement requests. Trevilla highlighted that as part of the coordination with the municipality, the Army and the National Guard carried out joint operations such as "Chupani" and "Champi," with more than 1,200 personnel deployed, which resulted in dozens of arrests, seizures of weapons, drugs, and vehicles, as well as the dismantling of improvised explosive devices. The authorities confirmed that at the scene, one of the attackers was killed and two more people were detained, according to the Michoacán Prosecutor's Office. Who was Carlos Manzo? Carlos Manzo won the mayorship of Uruapan in the 2024 electoral process as an independent candidate and after serving as a federal deputy in the 2021-2024 triennium under the banner of the ruling party National Regeneration Movement (Morena), he distanced himself to launch his independent political campaign with the slogan 'the man in the sombrero'. During 2025, Carlos Manzo raised his voice on several occasions to demand from President Claudia Sheinbaum federal support to face the organized crime operating in Uruapan.
