Federal authorities reported the death of Carlos Manzo due to injuries caused by the gunshot wounds he received.
A councilor who accompanied him at the inauguration event suffered injuries that caused his death minutes after the attack.
As a result of an attack that occurred this afternoon in the center of Uruapan, Michoacán, where municipal president Carlos Manzo unfortunately lost his life, two people involved in the events were arrested and one of the attackers lost his life.
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Due to these events, elements of the Uruapan police deployed an operation to find the person or persons responsible for the events.
Carlos Manzo has been characterized by his frontal attack against the criminal organizations that have plagued the municipality.
Even a few weeks ago he sent a letter to the Ministry of Public Security of Michoacán in which he formally requested high-caliber rifles to equal the weapons capacity of municipal police officers with that of criminals.
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