A few days ago, the lemon leader Bernardo Bravo was killed in Michoacán, but now a new victim is reported; this time in the state of Veracruz.
A citrus businessman was murdered this morning in the north of Veracruz.
The victim was identified as Javier Vargas Arias, a businessman attacked by an armed commando on public roads in the municipality of Álamoa region of high citrus production.
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Witnesses of the events revealed that a group of men with tactical equipment and long weapons shot directly at the businessmanwhich He was injured and taken to the Álamo General Hospital, where he died..
The attackers fled the scene in a van.; Elements from different corporations implemented a search operation for the attackers, without success.
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The State Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into the homicide to determine the motive and the probable perpetrators.
Last Monday, the president of the Association of Citrus Growers of the Apatzingán Valley in Michoacán, Bernardo Bravo Manríquez, was murdered and his body was abandoned inside his vehicle..
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The also leader of the National Association of Citrus Growers in Mexico was deprived of his freedom by armed men on Sunday, October 19, in an area of influence of the so-called Michoacán New Generation Cartel (CMNG).
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