"The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, was gunned down Saturday night in the town's historic center. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina. A city council member and a bodyguard were also injured in the attack. The attacker was killed at the scene, Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch told journalists Sunday."
"The weapon was linked to two armed clashes between rival criminal groups operating in the region, he added. "No line of investigation is being ruled out to clarify this cowardly act that took the life of the mayor," Garcia Harfuch said. Michoacan is one of Mexico's most violent states and is a battleground among various cartels and criminal groups fighting for control of territory, drug distribution routes and other illicit activities."
"On Sunday, hundreds of Uruapan residents, dressed in black and holding up photographs of Manzo Rodriguez, took to the town's streets to accompany the funeral procession and bid farewell to the slain mayor. They chanted "Justice! Justice! Out with Morena!," a reference to the ruling party of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. In recent months, the Uruapan mayor had publicly appealed to Sheinbaum on social media for help to confront the cartels and criminal groups."
Uruapan mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez was shot multiple times Saturday night in the town's historic center and later died at a hospital, officials said. A city council member and a bodyguard were injured, and the attacker was killed at the scene. Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said the assailant fired seven times and that the weapon was linked to armed clashes between rival criminal groups. Authorities said no line of investigation is being ruled out. Michoacan is a violent battleground among cartels competing for territory and drug routes, and hundreds of residents marched in protest at the funeral.
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