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Murdered mayor’s widow asks Mexico’s federal prosecutors to take over Michoacan case

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Grecia Quiroz asked Mexico’s Federal Attorney General’s Office to take over the investigation into the 2025 killing of her husband, Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo.
  • She accused Michoacan investigators of bias and said the case had become entangled in political issues and organized crime allegations.
  • Michoacan prosecutors are examining a possible link between Quiroz and a former municipal official accused of leaking information about Manzo’s movements to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Grecia Quiroz, widow of murdered Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo, has asked Mexico’s federal prosecutors to take over the investigation into his killing. She submitted the request at the Federal Attorney General’s Office in Mexico City, addressing it to Attorney General Ernestina Godoy.

Quiroz, who became Uruapan’s mayor after her husband was killed during a Day of the Dead celebration on Nov. 1, 2025, described herself as an indirect victim in the case. She accused Michoacan’s investigation of “major biases” and said it had diverted the search for justice and “only favors Carlos Manzo’s real killers.”

I trust the federation and (...) hope the case is not politicized at all there in the state of Michoacan, and that they here at the federal level have all the elements and investigate.

· Grecia QuirozThe widow explained why she wants federal authorities to take over the murder investigation.

In comments to the media, Quiroz said federal intervention was urgent because of what she called political issues surrounding the case. “I trust the federation and (...) hope the case is not politicized at all there in the state of Michoacan, and that they here at the federal level have all the elements and investigate,” she said.

I think the fact that organized crime has already become involved makes it a federal matter.

· Grecia QuirozShe argued that alleged organized-crime involvement supports federal jurisdiction.

Quiroz said the state investigation was “practically closed” and argued that the involvement of organized crime made the case a federal matter. Michoacan prosecutors have strengthened a line of inquiry into her possible connection with Samuel Garcia Rivero, a former municipal official facing proceedings over alleged leaks to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel about Manzo’s movements.

The state prosecutor’s office said the new investigative steps followed testimony from Yesenia Mendez, Manzo’s former private secretary. She reportedly said Quiroz recommended Garcia Rivero and later rehired him at the Uruapan municipal government. Quiroz’s lawyer, Victor Zuniga, said she would hand over Manzo’s mobile phones to federal prosecutors because she does not trust state authorities.

She will hand them over to the Attorney General’s Office because we cannot trust anyone who is spreading gossip, trying to incriminate a woman.

· Victor ZunigaQuiroz’s lawyer discussed her decision to provide Manzo’s phones to federal prosecutors.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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