[4] Investigators believe the shootout was a result of a turf war between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Los Zetas, two major criminal groups that operate in Veracruz.
"[12] Through social media, the governor of the state, Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, reported that an emergency meeting was held due to the shooting.
An operation was activated to find those responsible and at the same time it was assured that there would be no impunity, despite the criticisms to the State Attorney General's Office investigations of being "eternal".
For its part, the federal Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection said they were supporting the state agencies, deploying an operation to search and capture those responsible.
[13] Several citizens criticized the attitude of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, accusing him of not responding in a timely manner for the shooting.
[15] After posting a tweet shortly after the shooting where he attacked his political opponents, several citizens began to organize protests demanding his resignation.
[17][18] Former presidents Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón also criticized the president's attitude, with Calderón blaming López Obrador's "corrupt regime" for the insecurity that led to the shooting, and Fox responding to López Obrador's tweet against his political opponents saying "What a shame that even tragedies are used by you as a springboard for aggression.