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[^1]\n\nMéndez testified that Samuel García Rivero, a suspect in the murder of Carlos Manzo, maintained a labor and personal relationship with Greece Quiroz García, the current acting mayor of Uruapan. [^2]\n\nYesenia Méndez Rodríguez, the former secretary of the late Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, announced her dismissal from the municipal government. [^3]\n\nMéndez Rodríguez stated her dismissal occurred after she requested an investigation into the labor and personal relationship between Samuel García Rivero and the current mayor, Grecia Quiroz García. [^4]\n\nAccording to Méndez, Samuel García Rivero was appointed to the Protocol Director position and received a monthly salary increase of up to 70,000 pesos after Greece Quiroz assumed the presidency. [^5]\n\nMéndez Rodríguez stated that she was dismissed from the Ayuntamiento de Uruapan after requesting the Fiscalía estatal to investigate alleged links between the Mayor, Grecia Quiroz, and Samuel García Rivero. [^6]\n\nSamuel García Rivero is a former municipal official who was processed for the homicide of an Edil. [^7]\n\nYesenia Méndez Rodríguez was detained on January 8, 2026, by elements of the State Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat in coordination with the Michoacán Attorney General's Office. [^8]\n\nYesenia Méndez Rodríguez wrote on Facebook that she entered the municipal administration in 2017 and has held a base position since 2021. [^9]\n\nYesenia Méndez Rodríguez asserted that her dismissal would not erase her right to speak the truth. 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