Overview

• Federal authorities carried out searches at Rancho Los Quintero and other properties in Colipa, Emilio Carranza and Vega de Alatorre as part of the investigation into missing businessman Neptali González López.
• Initial reports stated Mayor Gabriela Ortega Molina was found at the ranch and retained for hours, but the Veracruz government now says she was not detained and the mayor publicly denied being held.
• Governor Rocío Nahle and Secretary of Government Ricardo Ahued said Ortega visited the state palace to provide her account and remains available to investigators.
• Reports indicate property owner José Gil Quintero and his escorts fled when security forces arrived, and no arrests have been confirmed.
• Authorities say the investigation remains active, and the state government says it has not yet received a detailed report from the federal prosecutor’s office.