Overview
- Residents of Acachuén kept the highway blocked Friday as talks with the state continued, following Wednesday’s armed attack that left two elders dead.
- Community leaders say municipal police backed the gunmen and fired on residents, an allegation federal security sources also cited in reports.
- The Army was the first to respond, and the state Guardia Civil now patrols the area, yet authorities have not announced any arrests.
- Security reports say the violence began when a CJNG group tried to abduct a woman, and the victims were identified as Amador Flores Olivos and Pablo Cortés Vallejo.
- The Consejo Supremo Indígena de Michoacán demands immediate protection, a state prosecutor’s probe, and a formal dialogue, warning of statewide protests and pointing to a wider security crisis in the region.