The Ministerial Police assigned to Álamo Temapache, in the north of the state of Veracruz, arrested two young men aged 17 and 18, as the alleged perpetrators of the murder of teacher Diego Yasmar Barrales San Juan, on August 6, in that same city. The case has shocked the entire region up to the border […]

Two municipal police officers were attacked by a group of residents in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the municipality of Nogales, located in the central mountainous region of Veracruz. There are versions that indicate that the officers were disarmed, beaten and one of them was shot with his own service weapon. Allegedly, the police […]

The Costa Esmeralda Fest 2024 was canceled in its entirety, as announced this Saturday, September 7, by the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) of Veracruz, and on the event’s official website. The music festival was to be held from Friday, September 6 to Sunday, September 8, and although at first only the cancellation of the first […]

Following heavy rains on Thursday night and early Friday morning in Veracruz, a family of seven members were buried by a landslide in a neighborhood of Xalapa, local authorities reported. In a statement, the Civil Protection Secretariat of the State of Veracruz reported that three people died in the incident, including a man, a woman […]

For the months of January and February, lower than normal temperatures are forecast, explains the director of the Center for Earth Sciences at the University of Veracruz, Carlos Manuel Welsh Rodriguez, who said that in the coming weeks it is anticipated that heavy rains will be recorded in the state as a consequence of the […]

In 2023, the state of Veracruz recorded a resurgence of attacks against environmental defenders, after a year without reports. The Center for Environmental Law and Justice (CEMDA) documented four incidents in which community members faced criminalization, arbitrary detentions, defamation, intimidation, and physical violence. These attacks occurred in May, July, October, and December, marking a return […]

The city of Orizaba was key to the political history of Francisco I. Madero, according to the National Institute of Historical Studies of the Revolutions of Mexico (Inehrm). Here he began the first of his six political tours of the Mexican Republic to spread the principles of anti-reelectionism. Remember that the native of Parras de […]

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reports that in the state of Veracruz, 68% of people who have a job earn income through informal work that is not subject to national legislation, do not pay taxes, do not have social protection coverage and completely lack employment-related benefits. It places Veracruz in its National […]

The remains of a house built with monolithic stone were found in the Morgadal ejido, the result of archaeological rescue work linked to the construction of the state headquarters of the Universidad para el Bienestar “Benito Juárez García” (UBBJ), which were coordinated by the researcher of the INAH Veracruz Center, Patricia Castillo Peña. The discovery […]