Overview
- State secretary Raúl Zepeda said the process is a verification rather than a preemptive sanction and will request technical and financial information from the municipality.
- Local legislators led by Conrado Paz lodged a formal complaint with the Auditoría Superior de Michoacán over reported increases of 100% to 300% on property tax bills.
- The state Congress rejected an urgent motion to halt the charges and referred the issue to the Programming, Budget and Public Account and the Finance and Public Debt committees for study.
- Morena’s state leader Jesús Mora publicly denounced the higher bills, pressing for explanations about municipal finances and pointing to prior state backing of 35 million pesos plus support for 52 million and a reported BID-managed package near 850 million pesos.
- Residents have filed complaints before the state anti-corruption and administrative tribunal, adding legal scrutiny to the fiscal and political pressure on Uruapan’s city hall.