A hitman linked to the CJNG shot dead the mayor of Uruapan, who had arrested the group’s leader in August

The mayor of Uruapan was assassinated on Saturday night during a Day of the Dead event in the city's main square.

HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) — A Mexican mayor who spoke out against cartels was shot to death at a Day of the Dead event on Saturday.

When those who defy organized crime are left unprotected, the state loses its legitimacy.

The murder of the mayor of Uruapan on Saturday night triggered protests in that city in Michoacán as well as state capital Morelia.

Mexican Mayor Carlos Manzo, who opposed drug cartels, was fatally shot during Day of the Dead celebrations in Uruapan on Saturday.

Authorities say that a mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán was shot and killed in a public plaza on Saturday evening.

After Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán, was assassinated Nov. 1, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference strongly condemned the act, calling for the government to address the root of the violence plaguing the country.

The victim found in a San Diego ravine 27 years ago has been identified as Alicia Ledezma Sanchez after a DNA match with her son.

The murders of the Uruapan mayor and the leader of the lemon growers’ guild in Michoacán reveal a paradigm shift in organized crime, where complex extortion schemes have taken over entire regions