Secretary of Defense Ricardo Trevilla Trejo affirmed this Tuesday that the security protocol implemented by the National Guard (GN) to protect the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, “did not fail”. During the morning press conference with President Claudia Sheinbaum, the general explained that the protection scheme proposed by federal authorities was in effect. “The protocol did not fail, the other one failed,” he stated. Trevilla pointed out that they will seek “to raise more awareness in the person who is going to be protected so that they cooperate with the implementation of these mechanisms”. The secretary emphasized that the GN's elements have specialized training in protecting officials, and that, had they been more involved in the mayor's personal security, their level of protection “would have been increased”. Finally, he specified that the investigation into the murder of Carlos Manzo is in the hands of the Michoacán State Attorney General's Office (FGE), which will determine if there was any omission or responsibility on the part of the security forces. The State Attorney General's Office has the case, is conducting the investigation, and they will determine. Municipal police officers who were protecting Manzo are being investigated: Harfuch Meanwhile, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch reported that the municipal police officers who made up the first security circle for Carlos Manzo continue to collaborate with the investigation and will be called again to testify. They are not detained, but they are located and they go to declare each time they are called. The official explained that the forensic examinations are ongoing to identify the weapon with which the mayor's attacker was neutralized and to verify if the same weapon was involved in the attack on the municipal president himself. You may be interested | ‘I don't know if we are already beginning to see that criminals want to be the State’: Cossío During the morning press conference, he added that, for the moment, the main line of investigation points to organized crime, although no other motive is ruled out. Federal authorities reiterated that they remain in coordination with the state government and the Michoacán prosecutor's office to follow up on the case and strengthen the protection protocols for municipal officials in at-risk areas.
