Sources: USGS
Seven people are killed and 11 others are injured in a prison riot at the Social Reintegration Center in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Three inmates identified as key instigators of the violence are transferred to another facility. 2025-08-2
Mexican officials report the discovery of the remains of at least 166 people in a mass grave in Veracruz. 2018-09-6
An overnight prison riot kills seven police officers in Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico. 2018-04-1
Police report 14 suspected criminals, who attacked a police patrol, are killed in a gunbattle with police and Mexican Marines in Veracruz, Mexico. An unknown number fled. 2016-12-5
Mexican authorities find the bodies of two priests who were kidnapped yesterday in Poza Rica, Veracruz. Authorities find the third abducted person, the driver, alive. 2016-09-19
At least 40 people are killed by landslides from floods created from Earl's heavy rainfall in the eastern Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz. The tropical depression dissipated early today. 2016-08-8
Authorities in Mexico's Veracruz state evacuate residents in low-lying areas ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Ingrid. 2013-09-14
2013 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Barry is due to make landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz bringing heavy rain and the risk of flooding. 2013-06-20
Mexican marines kill 4 gunmen who tried to steal the body of Angel Enrique Uscanga, a drug boss, in Gulf coast state of Veracruz. 2012-12-30
A farmer in Los Pozos, Veracruz, Mexico opens fire outside a local church after its Good Friday sermon, killing a woman and two children. "[https:--web.archive.org-web-20110728063413-http:--www.wlos.com-template-inews_wire-wires.international-3f78254a-www.wlos.com.shtml (WLOS)]"2011-04-22