Uruapan

[oo-rwah-pahn, oor-wah-pahn]

noun

1. a city in central Michoacán, in SW Mexico: near Paricutín volcano.

Uruapan

/ uˈrwapan /

noun

1. a city in SW Mexico, in Michoacán state: agricultural trading centre. Pop: 282 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Manzo had publicly challenged Sheinbaum to prove that the government’s “hugs, not bullets” strategy, introduced by her predecessor and mentor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, could succeed in reducing crime in Uruapan.

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In late August, Manzo went on social media to warn Uruapan residents that his municipal police had captured the local head of the powerful Jalisco cartel, and that as a result, gunmen had mobilized to enter the city.

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Manzo’s killing came days after the death of Bernardo Bravo, a businessman and president of the lime-growers association in Apatzingán, some 60 miles south of Uruapan.

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“We will act immediately to ensure justice and peace for the people of Uruapan,” Ramírez wrote on X on Sunday.

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As the funeral procession of angry residents marched through the streets of Uruapan, Manzo’s black horse walked behind the coffin.

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