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Roxana Guzmán case: kidnapping, murder, mayor impeachments

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Journalist Roxana Berenice Guzmán Ramírez was abducted from her home in Nanchital, Veracruz, on 2 June 2026. The kidnapping, captured on video, prompted triggered a multi‑agency search involving state, federal and military forces. By 4 June the effort intensified, and President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged federal support on 5 June. Human‑rights June, and human‑rights groups called for a gender‑perspective investigation; the family warned against false reports. investigation. Six suspects were detained on 29 June, after which the Federal Attorney General’s Office created June; a specialized unit for crimes against freedom of expression. expression was created by the Federal Attorney General’s Office. Human remains recovered on 30 June were DNA‑tested and positively identified as Guzmán on 6 July. Eight Between 7 July and early August eight suspects – four municipal police officers and four alleged members of the Grupo Sombra cartel cell – were arrested between 7 July and early August and placed in preventive detention. A funeral was held on 7 July in Nanchital. Parallel to the criminal probe, investigations led the Veracruz State Attorney General filed petitions to strip seek the removal of parliamentary immunity (fuero) from Movimiento Ciudadano mayors Raúl González Martínez (Ixhuatlán del Sureste) and Bertín Bravo Montero, accusing them Montero (Úrsulo Galván), accused of involvement in the kidnapping and related crimes. Legislative commissions forwarded the dossiers, dossiers and hearings were held on 30 July. The On 5 August the Veracruz Congress convened voted 40‑8 in a private extraordinary session on 5 August and voted 40‑8 to remove the constitutional immunity of strip both officials. Raúl González Martínez, alleged intellectual author officials of Guzmán’s murder, fuero, allowing the Fiscalía General del Estado to continue criminal proceedings. Governor Rocío Nahle García said the action was based solely on the prosecutor’s files and Bertín denied political persecution. Movimiento Ciudadano leader Jorge Álvarez Máynez denounced the move as persecution, while Bravo Montero, investigated for attended the disappearance of businessman Héctor Ramos Sánchez, lost their fuero. session, proclaimed his innocence and filed an amparo. The removals do not constitute convictions; both mayors remain free. Deputy mayor Juliana Ruiz Martínez will assume the mayoralty of Ixhuatlán del Sureste, while and physician Pedro de Jesús Rosado Guzmán will take over in Úrsulo Galván. Both mayors remain free; Bravo attended the session and denied wrongdoing. The removals, described by Governor Rocío Nahle García as legal measures, allow criminal proceedings to continue as the investigation into Guzmán’s murder and related crimes proceeds.

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  1. 2026-08-06 20:52 UTC Roxana Guzmán case: kidnapping, murder, mayor impeachments
  2. 2026-08-06 18:42 UTC Roxana Guzmán case: kidnapping, murder, mayor impeachments
  3. 2026-08-06 17:50 UTC Roxana Guzmán case: kidnapping, murder, mayor impeachment
  4. 2026-08-06 02:47 UTC Roxana Guzmán case: kidnapping, murder, mayor impeachment
  5. 2026-07-31 20:40 UTC Roxana Guzmán murder: mayor impeachment hearings
  6. 2026-07-31 02:42 UTC Roxana Guzmán murder: mayor immunity hearings
  7. 2026-07-30 22:59 UTC Roxana Guzmán murder: mayor immunity petitions

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