The implementation of , following the assassination of the mayor of Uruapan—who had denounced the federal government’s inaction against organized crime—brought back into public debate the violence that has plagued the state for more than 15 years.

On Monday, Michoacán ’s governor, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla , accused former president Felipe Calderón of igniting the wave of violence by responding to the request from then-governor Lázaro Cárdenas—now chief of staff to President Claudia Sheinbaum —to deploy federal forces against criminal groups. Loading…

The so-called “war on drugs” unleashed a wave of clashes between rival cartels, and that violence continues to affect communities today.

“We lived through that moment; all Michoacanos remember it. It was evident that the decision ha

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