Overview
- Initial reports say he was intercepted by gunmen in two pickup trucks and shot at the entrance to his lime quarry in Piedras Blancas around 7 a.m. local time.
- The Veracruz attorney general’s office confirmed the killing and opened a case led by the Córdoba regional office and the Indigenous and Human Rights unit, deploying prosecutors, forensic personnel and ministerial police.
- Authorities launched search operations into the Sierra de Zongolica after the attackers fled, and officials have not announced detentions or a motive.
- Police reports cited by outlets indicate the shooting occurred about 50 meters from a National Guard post near the access road.
- Mezhua, a former PRD leader and ex-mayor, had been organizing an independent party effort in a state that leads Mexico with 75 political-violence incidents in 2025, according to Data Cívica.