Overview
- Authorities confirmed the death on November 6 after the body was found in a field off the highway linking Oteapan and Zaragoza in southern Veracruz.
- Police secured the area and the state attorney’s office took charge of the case, transferring the remains to the forensic service for identification.
- Relatives identified the body at Semefo and later received it for a wake at the family home.
- Family members and initial media accounts say he was held for several days and that kidnappers demanded a ransom that was apparently paid.
- Early reports describe decapitation and severe violence, details not formally confirmed; no arrests have been announced, and Luría previously served as substitute mayor in 2012–2013.