Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García
1984–2026Mexican federal deputy for Veracruz's 16th district and former state education secretary, found dead in 2026.
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Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García was a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Born in Nogales, Veracruz, he began his career as a teacher on the Telesecundaria remote-learning system in 2009, later earning a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's in education science. He rose to prominence as a leader of the teaching profession in Veracruz.
Escobar served in the Congress of Veracruz from 2016 to 2018 and then as secretary of education in the Veracruz state government from 2018 to 2021. In the 2024 general election he was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies to represent Veracruz's 16th district during the 66th Congress, taking his seat in September 2024.
On 4 September 2026, Escobar was found dead inside a vehicle on a roadside in the municipality of Puente Nacional, Veracruz, with a gunshot wound. Authorities investigated whether the death was a homicide or suicide. He was 42 years old.
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