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Mexican lawmaker found dead from gunshot wound in one of the country’s most violent states

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Under investigation
  • Mexican authorities found federal lawmaker Zenyazen Escobar, 42, dead from a gunshot wound in his vehicle in Veracruz state.
  • Officials have not said whether the death resulted from homicide or suicide, and the Veracruz state prosecutor’s office is investigating.
  • Escobar previously served as a union leader and Veracruz education minister before joining Mexico’s lower house in September 2024.

Federal lawmaker Zenyazen Escobar was found dead from a gunshot wound in his vehicle in Veracruz, one of Mexico’s most violent states. A firearm was found nearby, state government minister Ricardo Ahued said.

Authorities announced the discovery on Friday but did not say whether Escobar had been murdered or had died by suicide. “The death is due to a firearm, we cannot elaborate further” at this stage, Ahued said at a news conference.

Escobar, 42, was found in the driver’s seat of a car stopped on the shoulder of a road. The Veracruz state prosecutor’s office is investigating the circumstances of his death.

A trained teacher, Escobar had also served as a union leader and Veracruz’s education minister from 2018 to 2021. He entered Mexico’s federal Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, in September 2024.

The death is due to a firearm, we cannot elaborate further.

· Ricardo AhuedThe Veracruz government minister described the known circumstances while declining to say whether the death was a homicide or suicide.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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