Overview
- The Oaxaca attorney general’s office said 24 people have been criminally processed for kidnapping and gender-based political violence, including 13 women and 11 men.
- The confrontation erupted on February 24 when residents stormed the LXVI Legislature after a 21–8 vote rejected removing Mayor Italivy Sarahí Juárez Ramírez.
- Videos circulating on social media show the mayor being chased, pulled and dragged from the chamber, then forced into a vehicle outfitted as an ambulance.
- A coordinated security operation involving SSPC, State and Traffic Police, FGEO, Navy, Army, National Guard, AEI, C5i and PABIC intercepted the vehicle near Zaachila and rescued her unharmed.
- Residents accuse the PT-affiliated mayor of embezzlement, lack of public works, service failures and unpaid staff, and authorities say investigations and legal proceedings are ongoing.