Overview
- Ruiz Chivis, 48, was reported missing on August 14 after going out to exercise near Santa María Tatetla.
- His body was found the night of August 18 in a rural paraje reported between Coetzala and Santa María Tatetla near the turnoff to Buena Vista and Santa María.
- Secretary of Government Ricardo Ahued said the Veracruz prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the case.
- Authorities have not said how he was located or whether there were signs of violence, and they have not reported a cause of death.
- The physician and former municipal president was a prominent defender of the Río La Antigua basin who opposed Odebrecht’s proposed Propósitos Múltiples Xalapa dam.