Boca del Río is a city and municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Veracruz.

However, the municipality's main feature is the World Trade Center Veracruz, which hosts business meetings, conferences and conventions.

The area officially came under Aztec domination in 1474 and is mentioned in the Codex Mendoza as part of the district of Cuetlachtlan.

In the same year, the first Christian rites were performed at a chapel called Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana.

[4] There is a problem with the theft of aluminum and copper cables from certain parts of the city[5] but the major crime story to date has been the theft of over 1 million pesos worth of merchandise, mostly jewelry and watches, from the Ejército Mexicano branch of the Nacional Monte de Piedad.

[7] Merchants in Boca del Río, as well as the city of Veracruz, have appealed to state authorities for help with the sanitation problems of the beaches here, claiming that the garbage and foul smell drive away tourists.

[8] In 2008, the city began a program to recycle motor oil and other used automobile fluids in cooperation with a company called Eco-Klin and the federal environmental agency SEMARNAT.

[9] In October 2007, a statue of former President Vicente Fox, sculpted by Bernardo Luis López Artasanchez, was pulled down by youths on the boulevard named for the ex-president.

[10] The event caused a major scandal in the state of Veracruz and received national press, as Fox was the first non-PRI president since the early 20th century.

[11] During the AH1N1 crisis in Mexico in April 2009, beaches of Veracruz and Boca del Rio suffered a 43 to 46 percent decline in visitors.

[13] The Agustín Lara House Museum, also called the “La Casita Blanca” (The Little White House) exhibits works, photographs and personal effects of the poet Agustín Lara, who was called “El Flaco de Oro” (The Golden Skinny One).

[2][14] News clips, caricatures and a replica of the radio studio where he hosted " La Hora Azul" ("The Blue Hour") are among the items on display.

The themes covered include the history of the ship itself as well as naval warfare simulation room, based on the technology of the Xbox 360.

[16] Bocafest occurs each year in June when a number of musical artists play in the main venues of the city, especially in Plaza Banderas.

[13] From the end of May to the beginning of June is held the annual agricultural, crafts, industrial and commercial fair of the city, with cockfights, rodeos and folk dance.

Crafts here include seashell jewelry, wooden boxes, key rings and trinkets made with ocean materials such as coral and pebbles.

Some of the shows in 2009 included a collection of portraits done by Mexican artist Enrique Estrada, landscapes of Veracruz state by Armando Zesatti and a photo exhibit named “Lenguajes fotograficas.”[19] The World Trade Center Veracruz also contains an ice-skating rink, something that has become popular in Mexico.

[2] Off the coast of Boca del Río is an island called Isla de Sacrificios (part of Veracruz Municipality), which measures 450 meters long and 198 meters wide, the largest of a group of islands that are in front of the Boca del Río and Veracruz ports.

(murtur)[21] It is possible to kayak to the Isla de Sacrificios to observe seagulls, pelicans and the fish that inhabit the coral reef.