Following the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo on November 1, 2025, his widow Grecia Quiroz assumed the mayoralty and posted an emotional message on social media vowing to continue his legacy. Quiroz met with President Claudia Sheinbaum to demand justice and attention for the municipality. The federal government announced a security plan for Michoacán in response to the killing.
Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan in Michoacán, was assassinated on November 1, 2025, while walking through the Festival of Candles during Day of the Dead celebrations. Despite having federal and municipal protection reinforced since 2024, the attack occurred in an area where criminal groups such as the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Los Caballeros Templarios, Los Viagras, Pueblos Unidos, and Los Blancos de Troya operate.
The following day, November 2, Grecia Quiroz, Manzo's widow and until then honorary president of the municipal DIF, led a tribute in the main square. 'Today they did not kill Uruapan's president. They killed Mexico's best president. The only one who dared to raise his voice', she stated. She added: 'Although they silenced his voice, they will not silence this fight'.
Quiroz assumed the mayoralty and met with President Claudia Sheinbaum at the National Palace on November 4. 'The meeting was not to fold hands, it was to demand justice. Justice for Carlos Manzo', she explained. Sheinbaum announced the 'Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice', with three axes: security and justice, economic development with justice, and education and culture for peace. 'Our commitment is to reach the truth and deliver justice in the case of Carlos Manzo's cowardly homicide', the president affirmed. The Guardia Nacional's presence in Uruapan was reinforced since the previous Sunday.
In a social media message on November 8, Quiroz dedicated words to her husband: 'I swear I won't fail you, for you, for me, for our children and for Uruapan'. She expressed: 'I know you are still here with me, with us'. On November 7, during a manifestation, she called for a 'punishment vote' in 2027 against Morena and previous governments, recalling that Manzo broke with the party over an opaque 2024 survey and won as an independent with 66% of the votes.
Protests continue into the fifth day, with road blockades on November 5 and marches in Morelia and Lázaro Cárdenas. The municipal government is collecting keys for a monument in Manzo's memory under the 'Ni un paso atrás' campaign. Omar García Harfuch and General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo will visit Uruapan and Morelia next week to strengthen the plan.
