Violence reaches collaborators of the head of Government
In broad daylight, Ximena Guzmán, private secretary of the head of Government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, and José Muñoz, coordinator of advisors, were murdered last May on the Tlalpan road.
The head of Government offered that there would be no impunity in the double homicide. “Investigating, clarifying and guaranteeing that there is no impunity is our commitment,” he said in a message to the media about the direct attack by his collaborators.
The capital government reported that the alleged attackers were traveling aboard a motorcycle. So far, 13 people involved in the double homicide have been arrested.
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Uruapan, violence ends Manzo’s life
“I don’t want to be another municipal president on the list of those executed,” said Carlos Manzo without knowing that on November 1 he would be assassinated while participating in the Candle Festival.
The leading politician of the Hat Movement had undertaken a fight against crime in the municipality that elected him as the first independent mayor, which is why he used to walk its streets wearing a bulletproof vest.
His statements had made him popular on social networks: “A criminal that you encounter who is armed, and who resists arrest or who attacks citizens and you detect them on the street or in operations, they must be shot down”; “Don’t go around screaming if the government kills you in a confrontation,” were one of the phrases the mayor said.
(Photo: Pedro Anza/Cuartoscuro.)
Manzo asked the federal administration not to leave Uruapan alone and questioned whether the presence of 200 members of the National Guard will be withdrawn.
“This decision leaves Uruapan vulnerable to the illicit activities of organized crime,” he stated.
His murder caused marches to demand justice, peace and an end to violence in Mexico, including that of the so-called “Generation Z” in Mexico City, which was attended not only by young people, but also by opposition figures, which was taken advantage of by the government and Morena to accuse them of having promoted the walk.
Lemon trees in Michoacán, between extortion and violence
In addition to being plagued by extortion, violence claimed the life of one of the lemon leaders in Michoacán with the murder of Bernardo Bravo.
Last October the businessman’s body was found inside a truck located near Apatzingán. Before being murdered, Bravo went to the lemon market, and later traveled to Morelia.
(Photo: Taken from Facebook by Bernardo Bravo.)
The president of the Association of Citrus Growers of the Apatzingán Valley (ACVA) had raised his voice at different times to denounce the extortion suffered by lemon trees.
Extortion has been increasing in Michoacán, although it is a crime hidden between fear and black numbers. According to INEGI figures, 96% of the extortions committed in Michoacán during 2024 went unreported.
