During the posthumous tribute to Mayor Carlos Manzo held this Sunday in Uruapan, Michoacán, after he was assassinated in a direct attack last night, Grecia Quiroz García delivered a message highlighting her husband's struggle:"They didn't kill the mayor of Uruapan, they killed the best mayor of Mexico, the only one who dared to raise his voice, the only one who dared to debate, to speak the truth... Without fear of anything, without fear of losing his life, without fear of leaving his children orphaned today."
She also thanked the people for their support and said they would continue the legacy started by her husband.
"Today I thank all the people gathered here because I know, I know that these people always supported him, at every moment, from when we collected the signatures, from when we walked the streets to ask for your support, support that was to change many things he wanted but that today cut short that path. But as his brother rightly said, although they extinguished his light, they will not extinguish this fight... We will continue fighting together with the hat movement," he said to those present.
Jenaro Villamil shared the video with Grecia Quiroz's complaint.
#BREAKING. “They silenced his voice, but they will not silence this fight,” says Grecia Quiroz García, wife of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan who was murdered just hours earlier. “We will continue his legacy. We will continue fighting alongside the hat movement,” she reiterates. @JLMNoticias
— Jenaro Villamil (@jenarovillamil) November 2, 2025
Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, was murdered yesterday at a public event, shortly after spending time with his family and his infant son.
Manzo had repeatedly denounced the insecurity and lack of support from the federal government. He had been vocal about the threat posed by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
This morning, the federal security cabinet, headed by Secretary Omar García Harfuch, reported that the mayor had a personal escort made up of municipal police officers he trusted, and also 14 members of the National Guard.
They also said that Manzo had constant communication with the Mexican army.
Regarding the investigation of the crime, it was said that the alleged perpetrator of the attack had been killed, without having any identification in his possession.
According to García Harfuch, the murder weapon has been traced to at least two clashes between criminal groups in the area. He did not say whether one of them was the CJNG.
