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Assassination of CATEM Leader in Oaxaca

Noé Pérez Urquidi, secretary general of the CATEM union, was shot and killed in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. The crime occurred as he left a restaurant. Authorities have launched a homicide investigation.


Assassination of CATEM Leader in Oaxaca

The CATEM union leader was shot in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca

On Tuesday, December 5, in the Mexican city of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, the union leader Noé Pérez Urquidi, general secretary of the Confederación Autónoma de Trabajadores y Empleados de México (CATEM), was shot. The attack occurred when he was leaving a restaurant, located on the central avenue, Plaza Pabellón. According to witnesses, two armed men shot him, after which Pérez lay on the ground with injuries.

During the incident, workers from the Veracruz-Mexican fleet and the state police, as well as a medical brigade, which confirmed the death of the worker, arrived at the scene. At the same time, the Fiscalía de Oaxaca launched an investigation into the incident. The leaders of the right-wing organizations created a multidisciplinary command, which will be responsible for primary investigations, establishing the facts of the incident, and developing a theory of the event.

Recall that this year, the center of attention was this case of Noé Pérez Urquidi, linked to the center of the incident, associated with the departure of the leaders of the right-wing organizations, which will be responsible for the primary investigations, establishing the facts of the incident, and developing a theory of the event.

Note that in the middle of the year, this case of Noé Pérez Urquidi was linked to the center of the incident, associated with the departure of the leaders of the right-wing organizations, which will be responsible for the primary investigations, establishing the facts of the incident, and developing a theory of the event.