Tuxtla Gutiérrez

“Chiapas is a time bomb,” Father Marcelo told Mexico’s Aristegui Noticias in September, when he was among thousands who took part in a Pilgrimage for Peace in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the state capital.

In July 2021, after gunmen ambushed and killed a senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel and his bodyguards in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the Jalisco syndicate released a public statement claiming credit.

The employees, all men, were kidnapped Tuesday by an armed group on a highway near the state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez after leaving work, authorities said.

The abduction occurred on the highway between Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutierrez.

The day before the president’s visit, an official with the Attorney General’s Office was shot in Tuxtla Gutierrez and her companion was killed.