at least seven people dead Two more people were injured in two shootings in the Mexican state of Veracruz in the past twelve hourslocal officials reported this Monday. Multiple murders occurred in the municipalities of Tlalixcoyan, a central coastal region, and San Andrés Tuxtla, a forest region in southern Veracruz.
The first act of violence took place this morning inside a house in the municipality of Tlalixcoyan. four people from a single family were shot dead, among them former municipal official Cándido Sánchez Vargas. According to police sources, another person was injured in the events that took place in the Merkez Mahallesi and he was taken to the regional hospital to be treated. Before them, officials from the Ministry of Public Safety (SSP) mobilized the so-called Operation Red Code to look for those responsible, but so far they have not been found.
Meanwhile, in the municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla, located in one of the woodlands of southeastern Mexico, gunmen broke into a hotel in the afternoon and four people were shot. In place They died three and one more were seriously injured and was admitted to the district hospital. After the police attack, they launched a large security operation.
The civic organization Causa en Común reported that in the first half of 2022, Veracruz ranked first nationally in the number of atrocities victims and first in atrocities. journalistic media’, From January to June, Veracruz was one of the nine states with the highest concentration of atrocities, with 157. The states with the highest number of victims of atrocities during this period were Veracruz with at least 784; Chiapas with 641; Michoacan with 392; Guanajuato, 365 and; Baja California with 284.
Mexico recorded 33,308 homicides with 34,690 murder victims in 2019 and 34,554 in 2020 in 2021, after two of the most violent years in its history under President Andrés López Obrador.