Las Choapas

Las Choapas is a city and its surrounding municipality in the southeastern extremes of the Mexican state of Veracruz.

It is bordered by the municipalities of Uxpanapa, Minatitlán, Moloacán, and Agua Dulce in Veracruz, Huimanguillo in Tabasco, Cintalapa and Tecpatán in Chiapas, and Santa María Chimalapa in Oaxaca.

Its major products are cattle breeding, corn, oil, fruit, sugar, and rubber.

Twelve bodies whose hands were tied are found along a road in Las Choapas on January 18, 2021.

There are armed Grupos de Autodefensa Comunitaria (vigilantes) in Las Choapas and at least six drug cartels operate in the state.