The National Guard rescued the first kidnapped victim in Veracruz

A day later, the Ministry of Public Security announced that his first victim had been rescued from an abduction without, however, arresting the kidnappers. According to the official version, the agents released a child imprisoned in a building in the municipality of Coatzacoalcos.

The authorities learned of the case through an anonymous call to 911, according to information reported by the National Force. In the indicated place, they found the miner and several bags containing kilograms of marijuana. The officials fled before his arrival.

"The young man said that he had been intercepted by four individuals who were traveling aboard a white vehicle, a Nissan Tsuru, in which they took him home," the report said. police.

President López Obrador announced that they were deployed 1,059 elements in Minatitlán, Cosoleacaque and Coatzacoalcos, and the government of Veracruz said that it would support the National Force with 400 elements of the state police.

The goal of this strategy is to start operations in one of the hottest territories of eastern Mexico. According to the official reports of the Attorney General's Office, this area is one of the few that still retains the rest of Los Zetas and who seeks to be kidnapped by the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generación (CJNG), who has already managed to seize 70% of Veracruz.

The mbadacre of Minatitlan was one of the worst tragedies of the state, but it also allowed to unmask the crisis that raged in the region for years and which has already exceeded the power of the local police.

"The reality is that we are a drug trafficking area and we do not have the operational capacity to fight drug trafficking."admitted the governor of Veracruz with only a month and a half in power.

The day he served as governor for 140 days, the official figures revealed 700 homicides during the same period. An average of 5 murders a day.

According to the results of the Attorney General's Office (FGR) investigations, the groups that dominate this Pacific Coast territory are the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Los Zetas, New Zeta Blood Group, Grupo Sombra, Northeastern Cartel and Century Cartel.

It is in this region that the National Guard will implement the first strategies to reverse the Mexican crisis, resulting in a total of 8,493 murders in the first three months.

The formation of the National Guard – proposed by López Obrador – was approved at the end of February by the Congress, after being the target of harsh criticism from the opposition and human rights defenders who, in their opinion , led to a permanent militarization of the country.