Overview
- Authorities identified Lázaro Francisco Luría on Nov. 6 after his body was discovered Nov. 5 in a maize field beside the Oteapan–Zaragoza road in southern Veracruz.
- Family accounts reported that kidnappers demanded a ransom and that payment was allegedly made, yet the former official was not released.
- The Veracruz state prosecutor’s office announced an investigation into the killing, with no arrests or officially confirmed motive to date.
- Luría served as Chinameca’s interim mayor in 2012–2013, taking office after Martín Padua Zúñiga was removed over alleged ties to Los Zetas.
- News of the death first circulated via a local funeral home’s Facebook post, and the body was returned to relatives for a wake in Chinameca.