Overview

• At least three businesses and a vehicle were set on fire in near-simultaneous incidents across Villahermosa.
• Tire‑puncturing devices were deployed on the Cárdenas–Villahermosa highway and Avenida Luis Donaldo Colosio, stranding motorists who were aided by Cruz Verde.
• An Oxxo on Avenida 16 de Septiembre burned a few blocks from the SSyPC headquarters in an incident interpreted locally as a show of defiance.
• The state prosecutor reported detaining three women allegedly linked to a merchant’s kidnapping in Cárdenas, and investigators are assessing a possible retaliatory connection without confirming one.
• Firefighters and security forces responded to multiple scenes as other stores temporarily closed and no injuries had been reported.