The #NiUnoMás Michoacán Collective protested against what it called “lies” from the state governor, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, who claimed that the case of journalist Dalia Villegas Moreno, who was assaulted by the former Secretary of Public Security during the November 2nd demonstration, remains open.
On November 2nd, Villegas Moreno was the victim of a direct attack by the former Secretary of Public Security, Juan Carlos Oseguera Cortés, and the security personnel accompanying him inside the Government Palace. They seized, destroyed, and deleted evidence from the cell phone she was using to document the demonstrations related to the Carlos Manzo Rodríguez case.
Also, on November 3rd, 15th, and 24th, other journalists were victims of attacks by members of the Civil Guard during the demonstrations, and received threats in Uruapan following the assassination of the former mayor.
In the case of Villegas Moreno, a member of the #NiUnoMás Michoacán Collective, the state government refused to present the security camera footage from the Government Palace as evidence of the attack. This footage was required for the investigation being conducted by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), as Dalia Villegas had filed a formal complaint for the attack and any other related matters with the specialized prosecutor’s office for human rights and freedom of expression.
According to the journalist, who works for the local media outlet “Quadratín Michoacán,” the videos were denied as evidence on the grounds that the recordings are automatically deleted two days after being taken.
On December 1, 2025, during his weekly press conference, the governor stated that “the State Human Rights Commission and the FGR are investigating the matter,” and assured that “the Undersecretary of Human Rights, Rubén Pedraza, has been in contact and communication” with the journalist.
Villegas Moreno and Patricia Monreal Vázquez, who leads the #NiunoMás (Not One More) Collective in Michoacán, refuted the government agencies’ statement and clarified that “the video recordings from the Government Palace’s internal security system corresponding to November 2nd were not handed over to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR),” even though the FGR had requested the material from the governor himself on November 3rd.
“On November 8th, the State Government argued that said materials had been deleted two days after the incident, which would imply that their deletion occurred on November 4th, one day after the FGR’s direct request to the governor,” said Monreal Vázquez.
Juan Carlos Oseguera Cortés was dismissed as Secretary of Public Security on November 16 due to the security crisis in Michoacán, and by order of the federal government, “which demonstrates Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla’s unwillingness to punish those within his administration who perpetrate violence against journalists in the course of their work.”
Regarding direct attacks against journalists by members of the National Guard, the #NiunoMás Collective detailed in a five-point document that the official stance “has been equally negligent, covering up excesses, human rights violations, and a direct infringement on the public’s right to be informed.”
Source; proceso
