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Sheinbaum asks Mexico’s prosecutor to report on death of Veracruz lawmaker

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asked the Federal Attorney General’s Office to report on its investigation into the death of Veracruz lawmaker Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García.
  • Authorities found the 42-year-old legislator dead with a gunshot wound in Puente Nacional, Veracruz, but said they had not established whether the death involved an attack.
  • Investigators are examining all lines of inquiry, including the possible motive, after federal prosecutors took over the case.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asked federal prosecutors to report their first findings in the investigation into the death of Veracruz lawmaker Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García.

The Federal Attorney General’s Office said it had taken over the case after authorities found Escobar García dead in the municipality of Puente Nacional, near Xalapa. Sheinbaum said officials should provide an update once they have made progress.

“Once they have more progress, we ask them to report it and we will report it,” Sheinbaum told reporters after an event in San Luis Potosí.

Once they have more progress, we ask them to report it and we will report it.

· Claudia SheinbaumThe Mexican president called for federal prosecutors to provide an update on the investigation.

Veracruz Government Secretary Ricardo Ahued said the lawmaker had been found with a gunshot wound. State forensic investigators were collecting evidence in the community of La Gloria to determine what happened. Ahued urged officials not to draw premature conclusions, saying authorities had not established that the death resulted from an attack or an assault on the vehicle.

He said investigators would pursue “all lines of investigation” to clarify the circumstances and possible motive. The Veracruz government, led by Rocío Nahle, expressed condolences to Escobar García’s family.

Escobar García, 42, represented Veracruz’s 16th district in the federal Congress. He served as secretary of the Navy and Climate Change and Sustainability commissions, and sat on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness Commission. Before entering Congress, he served as Veracruz’s education secretary under Governor Cuitláhuac García from 2018 to 2024. He left that post in October 2023 to take part in Morena’s internal process ahead of the 2024 elections.

all lines of investigation

· Ricardo AhuedThe Veracruz government secretary described the scope of the inquiry into the lawmaker’s death.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. 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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