Overview
- Security forces from the Army, National Guard and state police cordoned off Rancho Montecristo on the Acayucan–Salina Cruz highway near Aguilera to allow forensic work.
- One victim was identified as Héctor Velásquez Díaz, son of former Sayula de Alemán councilor Héctor Velázquez Vázquez, who was killed in 2020.
- Forensic teams reported signs of torture and decapitation and recovered spent shell casings at the site, indicating the location may have been used for the executions.
- The victims were transferred to the medical examiner for autopsies, and the other three men have not yet been formally identified.
- No arrests or official motive have been announced, and prosecutors have opened an investigation exploring criminal‑group rivalry as a line of inquiry.