On June 12, the City Council confirmed the Mayor, Jorge Humberto Arellano Núñezstay, was hospitalized in Tepic, but in the early hours of Thursday, the Attorney General of the State of Nayarit issued a note announcing the death of the mayor.

It is believed that Humberto Arellano was intubated for respiratory system complications, caused by the coronavirus, but a heart attack was the final cause of death.