PUEBLA, Mexico – Armed criminals targeted and robbed multiple families of their vehicles during a massive heist on the Puebla-Orizaba highway last Friday afternoon. The incident, which occurred in a heavily fog-covered area near the Cumbres de Maltrata section, has sparked significant concern regarding safety on one of the region’s primary transit corridors. According to […]
Authorities in Veracruz have disabled more than 5,400 telephone lines allegedly used to commit extortion crimes during the first nine months of 2026. The State Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía General del Estado) reported that a total of 5,447 lines were deactivated between January and September. The data shows a significant crackdown in the early part […]
VERACRUZ, MEXICO — Municipal leaders from six municipalities in the Sotavento, Papaloapan, and Los Tuxtlas regions have issued a joint call to Grupo Porres, demanding the immediate surrender of the San Pedro sugar mill facilities to prevent a localized economic collapse. In an open letter signed by the mayors of Lerdo de Tejada, Santiago Tuxtla, […]
Torrential downpours in the state of Veracruz have left a trail of destruction, claiming at least one life, flooding multiple regions, and leaving five municipalities completely isolated. The state’s Civil Protection Secretariat (SPC) has issued a “gray alert”—a warning of significant meteorological impact—for the entire territory of Veracruz as a tropical depression in the Gulf […]
During the first six months of the year, 435 people were murdered in the state of Veracruz. On average, 2.4 homicides have been committed daily in Veracruz, according to the daily report of intentional homicides generated by an interdisciplinary team led by the Secretariat of Citizen Security of the federal government. When compiling a monthly […]
Recent official reports warn of severe weather conditions in the state of Veracruz, particularly extremely high temperatures associated with the El Niño phenomenon this year. Authorities expect a more intense canícula (midsummer heat wave) during July and August, bringing reduced rainfall, extreme temperatures, and possible drought conditions. Heavy rainfall could return toward the end of […]
Federal Mega-Operation Surrounds San José Cuyachapa in Search of Mega-Warehouse of Stolen Trailers; Residents Threaten to Burn the Highway 🔥⚠️ A powder keg is about to explode, as has been the case since Saturday afternoon on the border of Puebla and Veracruz. An impressive deployment of federal, state, and ministerial forces has the town of […]
The Murder of Journalist Roxana Guzmán Reveals Once Again the Link Between Organized Crime and the State in Veracruz Sadly, it is an old story in Veracruz. An armed group entered the home of journalist Moisés Sánchez in Medellín de Bravo on January 2, 2015, took him away in front of his family while municipal […]
In the early hours of June 2nd, journalist Roxana Guzmán Ramírez was kidnapped by an armed group that stormed her home. She has not been seen since, but a commander and three members of the municipal police force are currently in custody. Roxana had only returned to Nanchital in January, where she founded Pulso Informativo […]
Veracruz ranked seventh nationally with the highest number of missing persons, according to the latest report from Red Lupa, a citizen-led initiative and digital platform. As of May 16 of this year, the civil organization reports a total of 7,239 missing persons in Veracruz. Veracruz is only surpassed by the states of Mexico, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, […]