A crime that sets off alarms (and timelines)
On the night of November 1, in Uruapan, Michoacán, the scene was supposedly one of celebration with the Festival of Candles. But, in a plot twist worthy of the worst season of Narcos, the party turned tragedy. Carlos Manzo, the municipal president, was shot dead in an armed attack in the main esplanade. Because what better place for a murder than a public event with witnesses? The rawness of the event reminds us that violence has no schedule nor respects occasions.
According to the Security Cabinet, the mayor received multiple gunshot wounds and, although he was taken to a regional hospital, his prognosis was more bleak than our browsing history in incognito mode. Hours later, his death was confirmed. The final result of the operation left two people detained and one of the aggressors dead. Total chaos that left a community in shock and social networks on the verge of a collapse of indignation.
The viral sermon that no one asked for but everyone needed to hear
And in the midst of the digital hum, a voice emerged that resonated with the force of a scream in the complicit silence: that of the actress Laisha Wilkins. From her trench on the ‘X’ platform (formerly Twitter, for boomers who have not yet updated), the presenter released a thread more forceful than a WhatsApp block. With the elegance of an elephant in a china shop, Wilkins dropped the bomb: “We are guilty.” Yes, you, me, the neighbor, everyone.
In a statement of unfiltered reality, he accused society of having normalized homicides, kidnappings, disappearances and corruption. “Nothing moves us anymore, we are silent, we are permissive and above all individualistic. What a horror of a selfish society!”, he stated. A phrase that hurts more than paying taxes, but with a truth that we cannot continue avoiding like that call to the dentist that we put off for months.
A wake-up call that hurts more than a failed meme
But Laisha was not left alone in reproach. In a second act of his civic-digital intervention, he called to “wake up” and raise our voices. With a “You hurt me, Mexico” that broke the soul of more than one of us, he expressed his hope that this tragedy will serve to make citizens responsible for the governments they elect and honor those who, like Manzo, “dared to raise their voices for the good of all and died for it.” A message that is a slap of conscience with a kid glove.
And as if the drama were not enough, in a third tweet –because today everything is a trilogy–, the also known as “Queen of Denmark” dotted the i’s. He praised the figure of Carlos Manzo, whom he described as “the only real emerging leader we had in the country.” He stated that with his death not only does a life end, but “the hope of a free and safe Mexico is murdered.” He concluded with a lapidary phrase: “They silence voices, they silence the truth, fear prevails and the death of democracy and justice takes center stage.” An ending more bitter than the office coffee, but as necessary as it.
This episode is one more reminder that the fight against organized crime and social complicity is the epic battle of our generation. The million dollar question is: will we continue scrolling indifferently or will we finally do something?
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