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The Altiplano Is Transferred to El K-Os, Involved in the Assassination of the Mayor of Uruapan

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Morelia, Mich., Alejandro Baruc Castellanos Villafaña, El K-OS, alleged hit man of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, related to the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, was transferred yesterday to the Altiplano prison in the state of Mexico, after being arrested for crimes unrelated to that murder.

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Morelia, Mich., Alejandro Baruc Castellanos Villafaña, El K-OS, alleged hit man of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, related to the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, was transferred yesterday to the Altiplano prison in the state of Mexico, after being arrested for crimes unrelated to that murder.

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Alejandro Baruc “N”, known as “El K-OS”, was transferred to the federal prison of the Altiplano, in the State of Mexico, as part of the investigations for the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez. Michoacán’s Prosecutor’s Office identifies him as a...

The investigation into the assassination that shook Michoacán during the recent Day of the Dead celebrations took a dramatic turn this Friday. State authorities confirmed the arrest of Yesenia 'N', a key figure in the inner circle of the victim, former mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez. What has generated the greatest shock is that the detainee was not only the slain mayor's private secretary, but also held the same position in the current administra…

They managed to arrest leaders, operators, and accomplices of the criminal group behind the murder of Manzo, the former mayor of Uruapan. Regeneración, 8 of […] The entry "Advances in the investigation of the murder of Carlos Manzo" was first published on RegeneraciónMX.

Cuernavaca, January 8. The head of the Ministry of Citizen Security (SSC), Omar García Harfuch, reported that in December, important arrests were made in connection with the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo. He stressed that Jorge Armando “N”, alias “El Licenciado”, who had contact with him, was arrested. García Harfuch said that in Morelia, Michoacán, “El Licenciado” was arrested, identified with the criminal group that attacked Man…

With the arrests and indications collected, more information is available to continue the arrests, Omar García Harfuch announced. The entry “El Licenciado”, “El Richi Taxista”, “El Pelón”, “El K-OZ”..., those arrested at the moment for the case of Carlos Manzo were first published in La Voz de Michoacán.

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ADN 40 broke the news in on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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