What is José Manuel Mireles Valverde?
[[File:José Manuel Mireles Valverde.jpg|right|200px]] '''José Manuel Mireles Valverde''' (24 October 1958 &ndash; 25 November 2020) was a [[Mexico|Mexican]] medical doctor and activist. He founded the [[Grupos de Autodefensa Comunitaria|paramilitary self-defense groups]] that fought against the [[Knights Templar Cartel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=358772 |title=Mireles, el alzado líder de las autodefensas en Michoacán |publisher=Proceso.com.mx |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=20 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120180224/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=358772 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He would support people shooting at cartel members out of self-defense. He was arrested for having illegal firearms and explosives in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Autoridades detienen en Michoacán a José Manuel Mireles |url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2014/06/27/autoridades-detienen-en-michoacan-a-jose-manuel-mireles |access-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=CNNMéxico |date=27 June 2014 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627233321/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2014/06/27/autoridades-detienen-en-michoacan-a-jose-manuel-mireles |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 25 November 2020, Mireles Valverde died from [[COVID-19]] at the age of 62.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-26|title=Mexico ex 'self-defense' vigilante leader dies of COVID-19|url=https://apnews.com/article/health-mexico-coronavirus-pandemic-drug-cartels-cb5ee5f56ba71db424a665356e231669|access-date=2020-11-26|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mireles Valverde, Jose Manuel}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Mexican activists]] [[Category:Mexican physicians]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico]] {{bio-stub}}