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Weekly Report - 23 October 2025 (WR-25-42)
MEXICO: Murder exposes extortion of lime producers
The murder of Bernardo Bravo Manríquez, the president of a lime growers’ association in Michoacán state, has been linked to his efforts to denounce the extortion of lime producers and packers at the hands of criminal groups. Bravo had used his platform to campaign against the extortion of lime workers in the municipalities of Apatzingán and Buenavista, in the troubled Tierra Caliente region that covers parts of Michoacán, Guerrero, and Estado de México (Edomex). His killing will raise pressure on President Claudia Sheinbaum to address the extortion of agricultural workers, as well as those in other sectors.
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