The presidential office said under the "Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice," it would be easier for citizens to anonymously report extortion. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch has said several operations already underway in Michoacán, including arresting those involved in organized crime, would be strengthened.

A 17-year-old methamphetamine addict has been identified as the gunman who killed Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo in western Mexico.

Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo’s killing triggered a spasm of fury that has fuelled protests across the fertile Mexican state of Michoacan, which produces limes and avocados found on Canadian grocery shelves.

Grecia Quiroz, widow of the Uruapan mayor assassinated on Saturday, vowed to continue his work as the Michoacán city's next mayor.

Carlos Manzo was attacked shortly after 8 p.m. and later died from his injuries at a hospital, officials said.

Mexico is engulfed in chaos as hundreds of demonstrators storm the Government Palace in Morelia, torching areas of the historic building and clashing violently with riot police. Tear gas, explosions,