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In 2011 and 2012, during the Mexican drug war, hundreds of people were killed in massacres by rival drug cartels who were fighting for power and territory. These organized-crime syndicates were grappling for control over the drug corridors to the United States, the drug markets in local cities, extortion rackets, and human smuggling .
In response to the multiple executions between the drug cartels, the federal government launched a military-led operation in the state of Veracruz, known in Spanish as Operativo Veracruz Seguro. [102] In October 2011, the state of Veracruz was a disputed territory between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel. [103]
Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz was the fourth journalist killed in Veracruz in 2011 as a result of the Mexican Drug War, where the first was Noel López Olguín in March. [5] On July 20, Notiver crime columnist Miguel Ángel López Velasco, his wife and their son Miseal López Solana, who also worked at Notiver as a crime photographer, were murdered in their home.
[271] [272] Eight alleged perpetrators of the recent killings in Veracruz have been caught, including the leader of the group Los Mata Zetas. [273] Also, the Attorney General of Veracruz resigned from his position due to the increasing violence. [274] A day after this incident, another 10 bodies were found across the state of Veracruz. [275]
These linked cases are not linked to the Veracruz murder by perpetrator, but by similarities in the brutality of the homicides. The following are related homicide cases: Regina Martínez Pérez, journalist found strangled in her home in Xalapa, Veracruz on 28 April, Saturday. She was considered a muckraker on drug cartels and worked as a ...
To carry it out, the Brazilian firm committed to build the Ethylene Petrochemical Complex XXI in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, the largest complex of its kind in Latin America, and had the full support of the then governor of Veracruz, Fidel Herrera, and of his successor, Javier Duarte, with an initial investment of 2,000 million dollars; in the end ...
On March 23, 2020 Mexico's stay at home orders went into full effect, disabling some women from escaping their abusive households. [94] The following month of April became the deadliest reported month in the last five years in Mexico as 267 women were murdered. [95] It is reported that more women died by murder in April than of COVID-19 (100 ...
Another persistent and growing problem [337] is the international parental kidnapping of children to Mexico by non-custodial parents and family members. Mexico is the most common destination for parents that have abducted their children across international borders with the vast majority of those children coming from the United States.