Sheinbaum convenes the Security Cabinet after the assassination of Carlos Manzo, Mayor of Uruapan

MEXICO CITY (apro) - Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, announced this morning that they were summoned by President Claudia Sheinbaum.

"We were summoned by President @Claudiashein to @GabSeguridadMX today at 0900 hrs. @SEGOB_mx @Defensamx1 @SEMAR_mx @SSPCMexico @GN_MEXICO_," he announced via social media.

Following the meeting, which also included representatives from the Ministries of the Interior, National Defense, the Navy, and Public Security, as well as the National Guard, the Cabinet plans to give a press conference at 11:00 a.m.

On Saturday night, the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, was shot and killed during the Festival of Candles, which is commemorated every year on the occasion of the Day of the Dead.

It was reported that unknown individuals opened fire on the mayor while he was taking pictures with children in the main square of Uruapan, and that another person was also hit by bullets.

“The Ones with the Hats”

Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez assumed the municipal presidency of Uruapan in 2024, when he won the local elections by a wide majority, leading an independent movement called "Los del Sombrero" (The Hat Men).

His peculiar confrontational style of denouncing and fighting organized crime in his locality, whom he does not hesitate to point out and expose, has earned him the nickname of the Michoacán "Bukele".

He had recently sent messages through his social media accounts pleading for help and support to President Claudia Sheinbaum and Omar García, the federal Secretary of Security, asking them to reinforce federal security with elements of the National Guard and the Army.