The murder of Mexico’s most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum’s crackdown on drug ...

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

Violent protests have broken out in the Mexican state of Michoacán over the murder of an outspoken anti-crime mayor, who was killed over the weekend while taking part in a Day of the Dead celebration.

Michoacán state Mayor Carlos Manzo, who called for a take-no-prisoners approach to Mexico's drug cartels, is slain while ...

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

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised on Sunday there would be justice for the brazen murder of a local mayor, Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime who had called on the ...

Mayor Carlos Manzo of Uruapan had criticized President Claudia Sheinbaum’s approach to crime. He was shot at a Day of the Dead celebration.

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

Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan in western Mexico, was gunned down during a public appearance for Day of the Dead ...

Since Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla took office in October 2021, seven mayors in Michoacán have been assassinated and one ...

In the pulsating core of Mexico's avocado belt, outspoken mayor Carlos Manzo was gunned down on 1 November 2025 amid Day of ...