title: Tepalcatepec
text: # Tepalcatepec
  
  Tepalcatepec, also known as Tepeque, is a city and municipality in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, in the southwestern Tierra Caliente region of the state. The municipality borders the state of Jalisco to the north and west.
  
  ## Population
  
  The total population of Tepalcatepec in 2010 was 34,568, and the total population of the municipality was 42,879.
  
  ## Gun battle
  
  Maria Guadalupe Lopez Esquival "La Catrina", 21, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan was killed in a gun battle with state and federal security forces in the area in January 2020.
  
  ## Fauna
  
  The Michoacán club-tail iguana (Ctenosaura clarki) is endemic to Tepalcatepec. The habitat of this species is dry, hot, cactus-covered rocky hillsides.
  
  