Overview

• In Aquila on September 15, Mayor Inocencio Ramírez Limón fired multiple shots into the air in front of the municipal presidency during the Independence ceremony, according to videos shared by attendees.
• Families, including children, were present at the event and no injuries were reported, while the mayor had not issued an official statement in initial coverage.
• Social-media posts and local reports describe the mayor as appearing intoxicated when he discharged the weapon, a claim now fueling demands for legal review.
• In Miahuatlán, a separate video shows the mayor’s son, Óscar Suárez, and his girlfriend, Nadine Aburto, firing a gun during the festivities.
• Security tensions in central Veracruz continued with a large police mobilization near Chocamán after reports of a seized patrol vehicle and gunfire, followed by detentions and protests by relatives at Fiscalía offices in Córdoba.