Security advances in Michoacán and a corrupt mayor’s arrest: Friday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her Friday greeting property league successful Morelia, superior of the authorities of Michoacán.

“Buenos y fríos días,” Sheinbaum said astatine the commencement of her mañanera, simultaneously greeting reporters and acknowledging the frigid commencement to the day.

“… We’re going to contiguous immoderate of the advances of Plan Michoacán,” she said, referring to the information strategy the national authorities devised successful effect to the execution of the politician of Uruapan connected Nov. 1 and wide insecurity successful the state.

Almost 2,000 further troops were deployed to Michoacán arsenic portion of the 57-billion-peso (US $3.3 billion) plan, which is based connected 12 cardinal tenets (detailed here).

Homicides diminution aft implementation of Plan Michoacán 

Marcela Figueroa, caput of the National Public Security System, presented information that showed that the mean regular homicide complaint successful Michoacán declined from 3.48 successful October to 1.97 successful November, earlier expanding to 2.45 successful December.

Plan Michoacán for Peace and Justice was announced connected Nov. 9 and its implementation began soon thereafter.

National Public Security main Marcela Figueroa shared dating showing a diminution successful homicides since the implementation of the Plan Michoacán. (Saúl López / Presidencia)

In percent terms, the simplification successful the regular homicide complaint betwixt October and November was 43.4%, portion the diminution betwixt October and December was 29.6%.

Figueroa besides presented information that showed that the regular homicide complaint successful Michoacán crossed 2025 was 3.5, a diminution of astir 15% compared to the 4.1 complaint successful 2024.

Considering full homicides, Michoacán ranked arsenic Mexico’s seventh astir convulsive authorities successful 2025, with 1,267 murders.

More than 400 arrests successful Michoacán since Nov. 10

Security Minister Omar García Harfuch reported that betwixt Nov. 10 and Jan. 20, “within the model of Plan Michoacán,” authorities arrested 430 people.

In the aforesaid period, helium said that authorities confiscated 240 firearms, astir 17,000 cartridges, 347 vehicles, 200 explosive devices, 53 kilograms of explosive material, much than 700 kilograms of methamphetamine, 28,800 liters of chemic substances utilized to marque meth and 15,300 kilograms of specified substances.

García Harfuch highlighted that soldiers and National Guard unit person been carrying retired patrols aimed astatine protecting the avocado and citrus industries successful Michoacán, which are communal targets of extortionists.

Michoacán’s galore lime and avocado orchards person often fallen prey to cartel extortion, thing the Plan Michoacán aims to prevent. (Juan José Estrada Serafín/Cuartoscuro)

Sheinbaum: Plan Michoacán is not ‘temporary’

After Michoacán-focused presentations from assorted national officials, Sheinbaum reminded reporters that Plan Michoacán was “designed” by the authorities aft the “unfortunate homicide of Carlos Manzo, politician of Uruapan.”

“We haven’t conscionable been moving successful Uruapan, but successful the full authorities of Michoacán, successful coordination with the authorities government,” the president said.

“And we’re going to support working.”

Sheinbaum stressed that Plan Michoacán is not solely focused connected information issues, but alternatively is simply a “comprehensive plan” to be to the needs of residents of the state, particularly young people.

The program includes economical initiatives, infrastructure projects and concern successful housing, and aims to marque improvements successful the prime of acquisition and wellness attraction successful Michoacán, among different objectives.

Sheinbaum stressed that the program volition proceed until 2030, the twelvemonth her six-year word volition end.

“It’s not a impermanent plan, it’s not a one-month oregon two-month plan, but alternatively imperishable work,” she said.

Sheinbaum says she personally received complaints astir politician of Tequila

A time aft the apprehension of the politician of Tequila, Jalisco, connected extortion charges, García Harfuch said that astir 60 nationalist servants person been detained during the execution of Operación Enjambre (Operation Swarm), a information strategy aimed astatine combating collusion betwixt organized transgression and municipal authorities officials.

Sheinbaum said that investigations into municipal officials are carried retired “based connected complaints” received by authorities.

“For example, successful the lawsuit yesterday of the apprehension of the politician of Tequila, Jalisco, the information furniture of the authorities of Mexico and evidently the Federal Attorney General’s Office received a batch of complaints, … a batch of citizens’ complaints,” she said.

“… I adjacent personally received complaints from businesspeople successful the area, from citizens, who complained astir the concern they were experiencing and accused the mayor,” Sheinbaum said.

Mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, arrested for extortion and alleged cartel ties

In summation to Mayor Diego Rivera Navarro, 3 directors successful the Tequila municipal authorities were arrested connected Thursday. All of the detainees were allegedly progressive successful an extortion strategy that targeted businesses, including tequila makers, successful Tequila, located astir 60 kilometers northwest of Guadalajara.

The 4 suspects allegedly person links to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Sheinbaum noted that the politician is from Morena, the enactment founded by erstwhile president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and which presently controls some houses of national Congress.

“No governmental party, slightest of each Morena, tin beryllium a screen for transgression oregon corruption. That indispensable beryllium made precise clear,” she said.

Asked however Rivera was capable to go Morena’s campaigner for politician successful Tequila, Sheinbaum said determination was nary anterior grounds that helium had links to organized transgression oregon that helium would prosecute successful corruption arsenic mayor.

She said that earlier municipal, authorities and national candidates are endorsed by Morena, the enactment asks the Federal Attorney General’s Offices and authorities Attorney General’s Offices whether those persons are nether probe for immoderate crime.

“The effect was antagonistic successful each cases, of each candidates,” Sheinbaum said.