The bill proposes to criminalize the homicide of mayors and punish him in Michoacán with sentences of between 35 and 65 years in prison.
It also suggests that the state prosecutor’s office deliver monthly reports on the progress of the investigations into the murders of the councilors to prevent the cases from being archived.
It also proposes guaranteeing federal security for municipal presidents threatened by criminal groups.
The most controversial point of the initiative proposes that the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) allow the possession of weapons in homes to exercise “legitimate defense”, through simplified and flexible procedures.
This bill seeks to be a tribute to Manzo, who was shot by a teenager while participating in a public event for the Day of the Dead. The person responsible was shot down once he had already been immobilized by one of the mayor’s bodyguards.
So the document requests that the crimes of homicide, feminicide, kidnapping, rape and organized crime be punished regardless of age. of whoever commits them.
In addition, it proposes a punishment of 10 to 20 years in prison for family members who cover up criminals.
Since the murder of Manzo, the main leader of the Hat Movement, this political project has gained relevance at the national level. Now, with the figure of the former mayor’s widow, Grecia Quiroz, who inherited the mayor’s office of Uruapan.
However, the movement is controversial because it proposes a frontal fight against crime with strategies that could violate human rights.
