“Today they did not kill the president of Uruapan, they killed the best (municipal) president in Mexico, the only one who dared to raise his voice, who dared to debate, to speak the truth, to always tell the truth, without fear of anything.
“As his brother said so well: although they turned off his voice, they will not turn off this fight, they will not turn it off because we will continue his legacy,” he said.
In videos of his message, broadcast on social networks, Quiroz is seen with the brimmed hat, characteristic of Manzo, next to the microphone.
“We will continue to fight together with the hat movement, together with the citizens, who are here today, who are tired of so much violence, who are tired of having our children, our brothers, our parents, our children taken from us. Today I honor the memory of my Carlos. I love you, Carlos. I will always be here,” he added.
As honorary president of the DIF, Grecia Quiroz urged the government formed by her husband, who won the mayor’s office as an independent candidate in the 2024 election, to continue defending the municipality.
“Today I tell the people of Uruapan that we do not falter, that we rise up as he would have liked, that we fight, that we defend our children tooth and nail, that we defend that Uruapan of before, that we defend our homeland,” he mentioned.
Manzo’s wake was held this Sunday. The Morenoist governor of Michoacán, Alfredo Bedolla, attended, to whom some attendees shouted “Out, out!”
Church asks to stop “true crime”
In a statement, the Catholic Church warned that the attack on Mayor Carlos Manzo joins a series of murders that have occurred in the country to silence people who dare to defend the rule of law.
Mexico is experiencing painful moments
The cowardly murder of Mayor Carlos Manzo adds to a worrying chain of crimes against those who build peace and defend the dignity of their communities.
As a Church, we raise our voices and ask to stop this fratricidal violence.… pic.twitter.com/kLbc0wL8dr
— CEM (@IglesiaMexico)
November 2, 2025
He assured that, in this situation, it is not enough to stop the murderers, but it is necessary to confront organized crime.
“The ordinary presence of armed groups, which control the public life of citizens in various regions of the country, is the real crime to be faced,” he noted.
“We demand that the authorities fight with determination and intelligence the true crime, which is not only the tragic and outrageous death of a merchant or a mayor, such as Bernardo Bravo and Carlos Manzo, but the threatened lives of thousands of citizens,” he said.
