Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum and her security Cabinet said on Sunday that the Government is sending more troops to the western state of Michoacan and will invest more than $3 billion to try to quell the state's persistent violence. The announcement came a week after a 17-year-old gunman shot and killed a popular mayor during Day of the Dead festivities, spurring protests in towns across the state and demands that the federal Government take action.Sheinbaum recognized the pain and indignation expressed after the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo. “His cowardly murder hurts, not only his family and his community, but all of Michoacan and the country,” the president said at the National Palace Sunday.
