Vicente Verástegui Ostos, uncle of Eduardo Verástegui, He was found on October 12, after his abduction on the afternoon of Friday the 11th at his ranch located in Ejido Emiliano Zapata in the municipality of Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
According to information published on social networks by the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tamaulipas, the deputy “is now with his family”.
“In the case of the report of the deprivation of liberty of the deputy Vicente Verástegui Ostos, it was an attempted deprivation and the lawmaker is already with his family. Investigations are continuing to clarify the facts.”
Gerardo Peña Flores, coordinator of the National Parliamentary Action Group in the Tamaulipas Congress, told the newspaper Milenio that they found his uncle Eduardo Verástegui in an empty lot.
“Vicente just came back safe, thank God. Everything was very fast, but I understand because of Ocampo’s direction,” he said.
The kidnapping of Eduardo Verastegui’s uncle
Vicente Verástegui Ostos, uncle of Eduardo Verástegui, was kidnapped on October 11, 2024 in Ejido Emiliano Zapata, municipality of Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Verástegui, who serves as a local MP and is the brother of former governor César ‘Truko’ Verástegui, was deprived of his freedom by armed men who entered his ranch and took him away in a vehicle after being shot several times, media outlets such as El Universal, Milenio and Infobae reported on October 11.
According to unofficial sources, the shots killed two bodyguards of the Mexican politician.
The authorities of Tamaulipas developed an investigation operation involving the State Guard, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), the National Guard and the Office of the Attorney General.
Source: univision
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