End of preview - This article contains approximately 1196 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 06 November 2025 (WR-25-44)
MEXICO: Sheinbaum under pressure over mayor murder
The murder of Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, the mayor of Uruapan municipality in Michoacán state, has caused uproar across Mexico. The mayor, who was killed at a Day of the Dead celebration on 1 November, was known for his hardline approach to security issues and had requested extra assistance from the state and federal governments in recent months. His killing has raised questions over the effectiveness of the federal government’s security strategy in Michoacán and other priority areas, and its ability to protect those speaking out against organised crime. Given Manzo’s profile as a security hardliner, his murder is raising pressure on the federal government led by President Claudia Sheinbaum to take a more overtly tough-on-crime approach to tackling criminal groups.
- Brazil’s deadly police raid in Rio politicised
- BOLIVIA: Áñez released days before change of government
- COLOMBIA: US forces scaling down UN verification mission
- ECUADOR: Noboa declares new state of emergency
- PERU: Bus drivers protest over extortion
- VENEZUELA: Government threatens opposition with loss of nationality
- ARGENTINA: Milei conducts cabinet reshuffle
- CHILE: Opinion polls go dark as Kaiser picks up speed
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum under pressure over mayor murder
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: Simmering tensions coming to the boil
- GUATEMALA: OAS backs Arévalo to the hilt
- CARIBBEAN: Recovering from Melissa’s onslaught
- Peru in new spat with Mexico
- Quotes of the week