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Director of Prison in Eastern Mexico Killed. It's the Second in Less than Two Months.

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XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — The director of a prison in the Gulf state of Veracruz was shot and killed Thursday morning, authorities said. It was the second murder of a prison official in less than…

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Veracruz, Ver., René Vergara, director of the medium-security prison of La Toma, in the municipality of Amatlán de Los Reyes, central area of the entity, was executed yesterday morning. The Attorney General’s Office (FGE) announced that, in response, it sent personnel to begin the inquiries that led to the clarification of the homicide, perpetrated at around 9:30 a.m. in the Circuito Villa Verde Norte de Córdoba, when René Vergara left his home …

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XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — The director of a prison in the Gulf state of Veracruz was shot and killed Thursday morning, authorities said. It was the second murder of a prison official in less than…

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René Vergara, director of the prison known as La Toma, located in Amatlán de los Reyes, south of the state of Veracruz, was executed on Thursday in a division in Córdoba, state sources reported. Preliminary reports indicate that whoever runs the Social Reintegration Center (CERESO), of medium security, was murdered in the Villa Verde housing complex, while descending from a vehicle used for the transfer of prisoners. According to emergency calls…

Violence continues in Veracruz, especially in the entity's prisons; now he was the director of the prison "La Toma", in Cordoba, who was shot this Thursday.

An armed attack was recorded on the morning of this Thursday August 14th in the northern Villa Verde circuit of the Villa Verde division of the city of Córdoba, neighbors heard bursts of fire and after a few seconds of silence a second wave. It was about 15 shots that perceived and alerted the inhabitants that when listening to the sirens of the patrols and ambulances began to leave and they realized what happened.

René Vergara, who was director of the Social Reintegration Center (CERESO) of medium security “La Toma”, located in Amatlán de los Reyes, was shot and killed on Thursday morning at the Villa Verde division of the city of Córdoba. The murder took place on Tulipanes Street, where the victim was on board a van when he was intercepted by armed subjects. The assailants opened fire on Vergara on repeated occasions. Detonations alerted the neighbors, w…

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La Opinión De Poza Rica broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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