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President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed justice after the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo but rejected reviving Mexico’s bloody “war on drugs.”

Manzo, a fierce critic of cartels and corruption, was gunned down during a Day of the Dead celebration in Michoacán, a longtime organized-crime hotbed.

The brazen killing has ignited national outrage and protests accusing Sheinbaum’s government of being too soft on crime.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new “war on drugs” as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who was shot at a Day of the Dead celebration, a brazen killing that has sparked national outrage.

“Returning to the war agains

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