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Héctor Ríos Morales

Mexican Authorities Link Killing of Uruapan Mayor to Jalisco Cartel Gunmen

On Nov. 1, Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo was killed, the third mayor assassinated in Michoacán this year and the 11th in Mexico over the past year (Credit: Via El Imparcial)

Nearly a week after Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, was killed during a Day of the Dead event, state authorities confirmed that the murder was carried out by a young man who worked for the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

According to the Michoacán Attorney General's Office, the suspect was identified as 17-year-old Víctor Manuel Ubaldo Vidales, a resident of the municipality of Paracho, located about 25 miles north of Uruapan.

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