Overview
- The Fiscalía General del Estado of Michoacán publicly confirmed a criminal cell made up of Colombian nationals working for the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación that is operating across the Zacapu–Nahuatzen corridor into Chilchota, Tangancícuaro and Charapan.
- State intelligence has detected convoys of eight to ten pickup trucks with armed men moving constantly through the corridor, leading the FGE to coordinate operations with Sedena, the Guardia Civil and the Guardia Nacional.
- Indigenous communities governed by usos y costumbres initially blocked forensic teams after recent armed clashes that killed community guards, but authorities later reached formal agreements to allow investigative access.
- The FGE has signed a cooperation agreement with the Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera to pursue the group's financial and patrimonial networks and strengthen follow-the-money probes.
- Officials warn the Meseta Purépecha's forested terrain makes it attractive to criminal groups and say the violence is increasing risks of displacement, recruitment of adolescents and weakening of local community guards.