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| Riots Continue in Western Mexico After Crime-Fighting Mayor's Murder | ||
| 2025-11-06 | ||
| [Breitbart] Riots continue in the Mexican state of Michoacan following the murder of a local mayor who had gained fame for his hard stance against crime and cartels. In the most recent riots, protesters set fire to the city hall building in Apatzingan as locals called for the ousting of cartel-connected politicians from Mexico’s ruling party, MORENA. The issue first began over the weekend, when, as Breitbart Texas reported, a gunman assisted by two other men shot and killed the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, during a Day of the Dead celebration. Manzo had garnered a massive following throughout Mexico for his hard stance against narco mobs that included ordering his local police force to fight them head-on, and exposing state and federal officials and their complicity in protecting criminal organizations. By Monday afternoon, hundreds of protesters marched outside the governor’s palace in Morelia, demanding his resignation. As Breitbart Texas has reported, Michoacan’s Governor Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla is the nephew of a convicted drug lord serving prison time in the U.S.
The riots continued on Tuesday evening when a group rushed into the Uruapan City Hall, where they set fire to the building and also hung a banner asking for the ousting of the local mayor, Fanny Arreol, who hails from the MORENA party, the same party as the state governor and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. According to El Diario de Juarez, Arreola has been harshly criticized for promoting narco-corridos or regional music that highlights the cartel lifestyle in city events. Related: Michoacan: 2025-09-03 TikTok influencer and her family found dead, wrapped in plastic inside pickup truck Michoacan: 2025-08-21 EPLM showed gathered intel about 'United Cartel' members and accused the Cartel of collaborating with USA Michoacan: 2025-03-03 Veterans of White Powder: Why Mexico Gave Retired Drug Lords to the States Related: Apatzingan: 2016-02-12 Ahead of Pope's visit, Mexico gang violence targets priests Apatzingan: 2014-01-15 Mexican army clashes with vigilantes, one dead Apatzingan: 2012-07-16 Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin Related: MORENA: 2025-09-25 Are Trump and Rubio trying a version of trust but verify with Mexico? MORENA: 2025-08-02 Fuel Theft Raid in Mexico Linked to Ruling Party's Top Political Operators MORENA: 2025-07-29 New Scandal Links Mexico's Top Political Elite to Drug Cartels Related: Uruapan: 2025-11-03 Fury in Mexico as the cartels murder Carlos Manzo, Mayor of Uruapan Uruapan: 2022-02-14 U.S. Stops All Mexican Avocado Imports Over Cartel Threats Uruapan: 2019-08-29 23 killed in attack on bar in southern Mexico | ||
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