Lázaro Francisco Luria, the former substitute mayor of Chinameca, Veracruz, was found dead three days after being kidnapped. The body of the PAN politician was abandoned between cornfields, alongside the road connecting Oteapan with Zaragoza. Initial reports indicate that Luria's body showed signs of violence and a cut to the neck inflicted with a bladed weapon. Lázaro Francisco Luria was kidnapped in early November in Chinameca. According to various media, the captors contacted the family to demand money in exchange for his release. It is presumed that the former mayor's family agreed to pay the ransom, but the alleged criminals, after collecting the money, killed him and abandoned his body.