- Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, a vocal anti-cartel advocate who publicly criticized leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum's cozy relationship with the cartels, was assassinated by gunmen on November 1, 2025, during a Day of the Dead event, sparking immediate protests including a storming of Michoacán's Government Palace by hundreds demanding justice.
- The video in the post captures protesters breaching doors and windows of the palace in Morelia, amid chants and signs decrying government inaction, reflecting widespread frustration in a state where cartels like CJNG control trade and fuel, contributing to Mexico's annual 30,000+ cartel-linked homicides.
- With conviction rates for cartel murders as low as 6%, the killing has fueled calls for a Salvadoran-style crackdown like Nayib Bukele's, including the wholesale impeachment and arrest of corrupt judges and prosecutors approach and demands for aggressive reforms.
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