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Mexican mayor who stood up to cartels gunned down in ‘kamikaze attack’ weeks after haunting statement

A Mexican mayor who called for brute force against the country s violent drug cartels was gunned down in public Saturday night during Day of the Dead celebrations in his hometown. Carlos Manzo, 40, the firebrand mayor of Uruapan in Mexico s Michoacan province, was shot dead by two gunmen in front of shocked supporters in the city s central square, the Los Angeles Times reported. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile assassination of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on X. I express my deepest condolences to...


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