Juan Manzo says the investigation into his brother’s killing has been sidelined by 2027 electoral interests, accusing the camp of Carlos’s widow, Mayor Grecia Quiroz, of withholding his phone.
Absolved in five federal cases and freed by a 2022 “judicial Saturday” ruling, R1 had been exposed in AMLO’s press conference as the emblem of impunity used to justify reforming the Judiciary.
Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala leads Los Rs, a CJNG cell; his capture brings to 31 the number detained over the Uruapan mayor’s November 2025 killing.