Overview
- Municipal transit officers, who were running a motorcycle safety check Wednesday night in Uruapan, stopped a rider without a helmet and found he had no license or plates.
- After the bike was set to be impounded in the Lázaro Cárdenas neighborhood, the rider left and returned with a group that identified with Cuadrillas Unidas.
- The group threatened and hit the officers with sticks and stones and vandalized patrol unit MC-853, and one officer was injured and taken to a hospital.
- Mayor Grecia Quiroz posted that her government will not yield to threats and will keep the checks focused on helmets, licenses, and plates to protect lives.
- She said the operations aim to prevent fatal crashes and crime linked to motorcycles, and local reports noted no criminal complaint had been filed as of last night.