Overview
- The attack happened Tuesday afternoon at La Báscula in Estero del Ídolo, a hub for orange and lime commerce in Álamo Temapache.
- Two male orange buyers, Erasmo Martínez Vázquez and Felipe Neri Lemus Cordero, died at the scene, and Yolanda Zaragoza, who operated loading equipment, died at a nearby hospital.
- Witness accounts say armed assailants opened fire on people resting under a tree beside the Álamo–Tihuatlán federal highway.
- State and federal security forces cordoned the area as FGE forensic teams collected ballistic evidence and the bodies and opened a case.
- Police deployed to routes toward Tihuatlán and Tuxpan, no detentions or motive have been announced, and local reports note recent criminal pressure on the citrus trade that remains unverified.