Mexican mayor who stood up to cartels gvnned down in PUBLIC

A Mexican mayor who called for “brute force” against the country’s vi0lent drvg cartels has been gvnned down

He was brought down in public Saturday night during “Day of the De.ad” celebrations in his hometown.

Carlos Manzo, 40, the firebrand mayor of Uruapan in Mexico’s Michoacan province, was shot de.ad 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 as.sa.ssination of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo,” Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on X. “I express my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones, as well as to the people of Uruapan, for this irreparable loss.”

Security consultant David Saucedo described the brazen as.sa.ssination as a “kamikaze attack.”

Manzo gained fame as head of the city of 300,000 when he stood up to the bloody cartels that have terrorized Mexico for decades — and acknowledged the risk he was taking.

“I don’t want to be just another mvrdered mayor,” he said in a haunting statement last month. “But it is important not to let fear control us.”

His as.sa.ssination has sparked outrage in Mexico City as well as in Washington, DC.

“On this All Souls’ Day, my thoughts are with the family and friends of Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, who was as.sa.ssinated at a public Day of the De.ad celebration last night,” US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, a former ambassador to Mexico, wrote on X.

“The US stands ready to deepen security cooperation with Mexico to wipe out organized crime on both sides of the border,” he said.

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