Thousands of people marched on Sunday, November 1, 2026, in Uruapan, Michoacán, to remember Mayor Carlos Manzo, murdered a year earlier in Plaza Morelos, and to demand that the investigation reach those who ordered the crime, according to La Jornada.
The mobilization, called the March for Justice and Peace, set out from the monument to General Lázaro Cárdenas and ended without incident in the same space where the mayor was attacked on November 1, 2025, during the Day of the Dead festivities, according to the newspaper's report. It was led by Grecia Quiroz, Manzo's widow and current municipal president, together with Angélica Diana Rodríguez, the mayor's mother, who unveiled a statue in his memory. Residents of various municipalities in Michoacán and of states such as Colima, Querétaro, Guanajuato and Mexico City joined the call, according to Proceso. For Michoacán, the case became a reference point on the security of local governments and on access to justice for families that have neither a microphone nor a full plaza.
Addressing the crowd, Quiroz spoke directly to President Claudia Sheinbaum: "Señora presidenta, le pido justicia para Carlos Manzo, no una justicia a medias, no una justicia de discursos," El Universal reported. She called for an investigation that is "exhaustive, independent, transparent and without limits imposed by political or personal interests," and made clear that she seeks neither vengeance nor convictions without evidence. According to Proceso, the mayor also stated that "catching a person does not necessarily mean a crime has been solved." The Michoacán Prosecutor's Office reported on October 16 that the inquiry is estimated at 90% complete, and on October 29 Rosa Alejandra Vargas Rauda, municipal secretary of Welfare, was arrested for alleged cover-up, bringing the total to 34 people detained.
The statue in Plaza Morelos remains a gathering point for citizens, while the case file stays open. The state prosecutor's office still has pending proceedings to complete the remaining 10%, and that progress will be the next verifiable signal on the case.
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