Uruapan
Samuel ‘N’ and ‘El Viejito’ linked to trial in Carlos Manzo murder case
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Following their arrests last week, a Michoacán control judge has linked former Uruapan official Samuel ‘N’ and Josué Eulogio ‘N’ (‘El Viejito’) to trial for the November 2025 murder of Mayor Carlos Manzo, ordering preventive prison amid confessions and betrayal revelations from Manzo's widow, Grecia Quiroz.
On May 1, 2026—six months after the murder of her predecessor and ex-husband, former Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo—current mayor Grecia Quiroz shared a public message mourning the lack of justice and pledging to pursue accountability. Amid ongoing investigations, multiple arrests have been made, including alleged masterminds and accomplices.
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Michoacán authorities arrested Rafael ‘N’, alias ‘El Aurora’, allegedly linked to the criminal cell behind the murder of Uruapan’s former mayor, Carlos Manzo. Fiscal Carlos Torres Piña stated he belongs to the same group as Jorge Armando ‘N’, ‘El Licenciado’ of the CJNG. The arrest advances probes into the killing on November 1, 2025.