The murder of Mexico’s most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s crackdown on drug cartels, the battle is just beginning.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new "war on drugs" as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who was shot at a Day of the Dead celebration, a brazen killing that has sparked national outrage.

Mexico is engulfed in chaos as hundreds of demonstrators storm the Government Palace in Morelia, torching areas of the historic building and clashing violently with riot police. Tear gas, explosions,

Mexican Mayor Carlos Manzo, who called for “brute force” against the drug cartels, was gunned down in public Saturday in his hometown.

Early claims about the Carlos Manzo assassination in Mexico circulate online; authorities have not confirmed details about the alleged attack.