Overview

• State authorities confirmed the death of José Luis García Morales, 46, who had been missing since September 1 after reporting he was returning to his home in Xalapa.
• His body was recovered in a rural area of Higuera Prieta, Paso de Ovejas, near the federal Xalapa–Veracruz highway, according to local reports.
• The federal attorney general’s office is collaborating with state officials on the investigation.
• Relatives say officials initially resisted taking the disappearance report, which was formally accepted on September 3, and they question missed forensic steps and record inconsistencies.
• The Veracruz search commission changed his location notice to a black update indicating a fatal outcome, and authorities have not disclosed cause or circumstances as media note other recent unexplained deaths connected to Pemex.