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Veracruz Bans Bullfighting, Dog Fights, Cockfights
June 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The government of the Mexican Gulf city of Veracruz has banned bullfighting and all other shows featuring animals, officials said Wednesday. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Taxi Driver’s Body Discovered in Trunk in Veracruz
November 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | El Blog del Narco
Police discovered a taxi driver's body in a trunk with a bullet wound to the head and bruises on different parts of the body. The body was found in a taxi's trunk in a mall parking. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Los Zetas Operating Head Executed in Veracruz (Photo Warning)
November 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | El Blog del Narco
Ex-convict Edwin Reynolds Chávez was gunned down Tuesday night in Veracruz. Reynolds Chávez who was identified as an operating head of Los Zetas in Veracruz, was recently released from prison where he was being held for drug dealing. continue reading »
Mexican Authorities Confiscate 79,000 Gallons of Drug Precursors
August 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican army soldiers seized more than 300,000 liters (79,000 gallons) of drug precursors in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and arrested 13 people in an operation against drug trafficking and organized crime, the Defense Secretariat said. continue reading »
Armed Robbers Kill 4 Police, 1 Civil Servant in Mexico
August 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four Mexican police officers and a civil servant were fatally shot by assailants who tried to seize a vehicle they thought was carrying money, authorities in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz said Tuesday. continue reading »
Mexican Marines Arrest 5 Zeta Members, Seize $1.6 M
July 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican marines detained five suspected members of the Zetas drug cartel this week and seized more than $1.6 million in cash, the Navy Secretariat said in a statement. continue reading »
Violence in Eastern Mexico Continues, 6 Die in Drug-related Violence
July 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least six people died in drug-related violence in the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz, officials said. The killings occurred between Friday and Saturday in the cities of Veracruz, Martinez de la Torre and Tres Valles. continue reading »
Shootout in Eastern Mexico Leaves 1 Dead, 9 Arrested
July 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One suspected criminal was killed and nine others, including six Guatemalans, were arrested following a shootout between the security forces and gunmen in Xalapa, the capital of Mexico's Veracruz state, security officials said. continue reading »
Kidnapped Mayor Found Dead in Mexico
June 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A small town mayor kidnapped last weekend in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz was found dead Thursday, authorities said. continue reading »
Mexican Journalist Slain in Veracruz, 9th Since December 2010
June 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The body of a kidnapped journalist was found Thursday in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, where nine members of the media have been murdered in the past 18 months, state officials said. continue reading »
Zetas’ Money Launderer Apprehended by Mexican Soldiers
June 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican soldiers detained a suspected money launderer for the Los Zetas drug cartel in the Gulf Coast states of Veracruz and Tabasco, the Navy Secretariat said. continue reading »
Illicit Oil Depots Found By Mexican Authorities
May 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Army troops found clandestine oil depots containing 1.5 million liters (396,258 gallons) of stolen fuel in the eastern state of Veracruz, the Mexican Defense Secretariat said. Soldiers from the 29th Military Zone, "in responding to a tip from citizens, carried out land reconaissance in Ejido Tacoteno, city of Minatitlan, Veracruz, where they found two fields with clandestine hydrocarbons deposits," the secretariat said in a statement. continue reading »
Senior UN Official Angered By Recent Murders of Journalists in Mexico
May 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today voiced alarm and anger over the murders of three Mexican journalists in the state of Veracruz in less than a week. continue reading »
Rush Hour Traffic in Mexico Comes to Stand Still When 35 Bodies Dumped on Highway
September 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Rush hour traffic near downtown Boca del Rio in the state of Veracruz came to a halt when bold narcos dumped 35 dead bodies in a highway underpass. continue reading »
Tropical Storm Nate Hits Mexico with Little Impact
September 11, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Tropical Storm Nate was heading west aiming toward Mexico gulf coast and was expected to make landfall as a hurricane. However, when the Tropical storm made landfall in the state of Veracruz today around noon CST report of damages were minimal. continue reading »
International Condemnation for Murders of Journalists in Mexico and Brazil
July 31, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United Nations agency tasked with defending and promoting press freedom condemned the murders of journalists in Mexico and Brazil, two Latin American countries where reporters have already been killed this year. Irina Bokova, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) demanded the killers of both Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz in Mexico and Auro Ida in Brazil be brought to justice, and called for strong measures to curb violence against journalists. continue reading »
Mexican Police Commander Abducted in Veracruz Mexico
January 15, 2011 | by Google news | Latino Daily News
Mexican security authorities are saying Commander Raul Espinoza and his bodyguard were kidnapped this morning in Boca del Rio in the port city of Veracruz. continue reading »
Six Tortured Bodies Found on Intercoastal Highway in Mexico
November 3, 2010 | by Latin American Herald | Latino Daily News
Mexican police authorities found six tortured male bodies yesterday in the morning on the highway connecting Tamaulipas and Veracruz. The six murdered men were found after witnesses saw the bodies being tossed out by two moving SUV’s who were then run over by oncoming traffic. continue reading »
