Uruapan mayor remembers slain husband during Independence events
Grecia Quiroz García shared photographs of her son and late husband Carlos Manzo and called for justice and a peaceful Michoacán during Mexico’s Independence commemorations.
Grecia Itzel Quiroz García, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, shared photographs of her young son and her late husband, Carlos Manzo, holding Mexico’s flag, Infobae México reported. Quiroz described the paired image as painful and said it left her feeling powerless as she remembered Manzo and called for justice for victims of violence.
Manzo was killed during a Day of the Dead event on Nov. 1, according to the report, which attributed the killing to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Quiroz used the Independence Day commemoration to say that Manzo wanted to teach children values, including love for others and defending families. She urged families in Michoacán to organize to protect their children and ended her message with the phrase, “Michoacán deserves to live.”
On Sept. 15, Quiroz dedicated part of her first Independence Day ceremony as mayor to Manzo. Speaking from the municipal palace balcony, she said that remaining silent had never been his plan and would not be hers. She also called for justice for Manzo and for other victims of crime, and led the crowd in tributes to his memory and to a peaceful Michoacán.
Infobae México reported that Quiroz said the 2025 ceremony could not be held after a municipal police officer was killed. The article also noted criticism from Gerardo Fernández Noroña, who described Quiroz as “fachosa” and criticized her clothing at the Independence Day event.