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Veracruz Violence: Mafia Turf War Leaves Multiple Dead, Exposes Security Failures

The dismembered bodies of at least three people were found on a Veracruz highway, following a prison riot (8 dead, 10 injured), and the murder of a taxi driver targeted in a hospital after surviving an earlier attack; all attributed to the Mafia Veracruzana's conflict with other cartels, exposing th...

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Veracruz Taxi Driver Murders Highlight Escalating Violence

Taxi drivers in Veracruz, Mexico, face escalating violence from the Mafia Veracruzana, a Gulf Cartel splinter group; recent incidents include the murder of a driver and his father, the kidnapping and murder of Irma Hernández, and ongoing extortion attempts. Authorities have made arrests, but attacks...

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Veracruz Election Vote Count System Fails, Triggers Manual Recount

Veracruz, Mexico's June 1st election experienced a system failure in its electronic vote counting system for 98 judicial positions, leading to a manual recount starting June 13th due to inconsistencies such as unusually high voter turnout and null votes. The failure impacted the local electoral body...

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Veracruz Mayoral Candidate Assassinated

Yesenia Lara, Morena's mayoral candidate in Texistepec, Veracruz, was assassinated on June 2024, along with three others, while campaigning; six more were injured, marking the second such attack on a Morena candidate in Veracruz this election cycle.

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18th-Century Cannons Unearthed in Veracruz During Infrastructure Work

Construction in Veracruz, Mexico unearthed two 18th-century cannons near the Zócalo, likely used in the French and American interventions of the 19th century, revealing details about the city's military history and urban transformations.

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Veracruz Taxi Driver Murder: Four Arrests Made

Irma Hernández Cruz, a 62-year-old retired teacher and taxi driver in Veracruz, Mexico, was kidnapped on July 18th, 2024, after refusing to pay extortion fees; her body was found six days later, and four suspects have been arrested. The governor stated that she died of a heart attack after being ass...

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Photographer Killed in Attack on Mexican Mayoral Candidate's Office

Photographer Avisack Douglas was killed and another campaign worker critically injured in a shooting attack on the campaign office of Movimiento Ciudadano mayoral candidate Xóchitl Tress in Juan Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz, on Monday night; the candidate was unharmed.

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