On Monday morning, the Michoacan State Attorney General's Office held a press conference to provide updates on the investigation into the assassination of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, which occurred last Saturday, November 1st.
Following an initial statement by the governor of Michoacan, Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla, who affirmed that "there are intellectual authors and organized crime" behind the assassination, the prosecutor, Carlos Torres Piña, presented the findings of the investigation.
### Chronology of Events According to the Prosecutor Opening his remarks, the prosecutor presented a timeline of the events that led to the mayor's murder, all derived from the subsequent investigative work.
According to the first slide, the material perpetrator, who was neutralized at the scene, made purchases at commercial establishments near the municipal plaza before putting on a white sweatshirt used in the assassination.
It is presumed that the perpetrator of the act stayed at a hotel in the city center, Plaza Morelos, as shown in videos captured by security cameras.
Approximately at 8:10 PM, after the Day of the Dead event concluded, the man approached the victim and fired the weapon.
"He was approaching the area of the Catrina altar, where the event was taking place […] due to the crowd, he couldn't get close. One of them, the material perpetrator […] his identity has not been established, as information has been requested" from other bodies, such as the INE (National Electoral Institute), in an attempt to obtain results from the fingerprints.
The body has not yet been claimed or identified, so images of distinctive tattoos and a composite sketch were released to ask for the public's help in identifying him.
At this point, the possibility that the attacker was a minor, between 17 and 19 years old, was highlighted.
### Constant Cooperation After the prosecutor's speech, General Juan Bravo Velázquez, commander of the 21st military zone, shared information regarding the operational actions led by the Secretariat of National Defense.
"I want to comment on the close, excellent coordination that exists. With this, I affirm that while he was still alive, his requests regarding the fight against crime and insecurity in Uruapan were always attended to. That support always existed […] there is always a constant, a constant support for the state."
He even stated that in his last meeting, he gave his "blessing" to the security strategy and the decrease in insecurity thanks to the support.
