Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Thousands of people took to the streets of Morelia and other municipalities to demand justice after the killing of Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, who was shot to during a public event celebrating the Day of the Dead.
The crime, carried out in downtown Uruapan during peak hours, sparked local outrage and a nationwide outcry against impunity. Demonstrators chanted slogans against the ruling Morena party and accused the government of "surrendering the state to organized crime."
Hundreds of people dressed in black marched Sunday through the streets of Uruapan, accompanying the slain mayor's funeral procession and chanting slogans such as "Justice! Justice! Out with Morena!"
Meanwhile, in the state capital, Morelia, protesters stormed the Michoacán Government Palace, broke furniture and painted slogans on the walls demanding an effective response to the political violence plaguing the state.
The attack made Manzo the seventh mayor killed in Michoacán since Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla took office as governor in 2021.
