Editing Veracruz (section)

===20th century to the present===
Unrest against the Díaz regime continued until the outbreak of the [[Mexican Revolution]] ousted him from power. The major event leading up to this war in Veracruz was the cigar-makers strike of 1905, when more than 5,000 workers of the "El Valle Nacional" company walked off the job. The governor, Teodora A. Dehesa, unsuccessfully tried to negotiate a settlement. The strike went on for months until the strikers won. This victory encouraged more actions, until strikes at the factories in Rio Blanco, Nogales, Santa Rosa and Contón de Orizaba resulted in [[Río Blanco strike|dramatic violence in January 1907]].<ref name="enchistoria"/>
No major battles of the Mexican Revolution were fought in the state, though there were skirmishes and attacks on the port. By 1914 rebel Cándido Agular occupied a number of municipalities in the state and in 1917, [[Venustiano Carranza]] transferred the federal government here temporarily.<ref name="enchistoria"/>

In April 1914, the [[Tampico Affair]], which concerned U.S. sailors in the city of Tampico, caused President Woodrow Wilson to send American troops to Veracruz for six months, after which Mexico severed diplomatic relations with the United States.<ref name="schmal"/>

After the Revolution, agrarian reform, including the redistribution of land and the creation of ejidos took place here. The oil companies in the north of the state were nationalized and consolidated into [[PEMEX]] in the 1930s by [[Lázaro Cárdenas]]. In the 1950s, more road construction, such as the Mexico City- Poza Rica, Veracruz-Alvarado- Coatzacoalco and Tinajas-Ciudad Aleman-Tlacoatalpan highways were constructed. The [[Universidad Veracruzana]] was expanded as well. In 1960, the [[Xalapa Museum of Anthropology]] was inaugurated as well as the Coatzacoalco-[[Salina Cruz]] highway. The [[Veracruz International Airport|Veracruz city international airport]] was opened in the 1970s.<ref name="enchistoria"/>

In the ten years after 2006, at least 3,600 people have disappeared within the state.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mexico finds 166 bodies in mass grave |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180907-mexico-finds-166-bodies-mass-grave-veracruz-drug-cartels |work=France24 |date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001003240/https://www.france24.com/en/20180907-mexico-finds-166-bodies-mass-grave-veracruz-drug-cartels |url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Woody |first=Christopher |title=A former Mexican governor has been accused of involvement in forced disappearances, and it points to a sinister problem with Mexico's police |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/javier-duarte-former-veracruz-mexico-governor-accused-disappearances-2018-6 |work=Business Insider |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906212653/https://www.businessinsider.com/javier-duarte-former-veracruz-mexico-governor-accused-disappearances-2018-6 |url-status=live }}</ref> Multiple mass graves have been found within the state.<ref>{{cite news |author=José de Córdoba |date=March 15, 2017 |title=Grieving Mothers Lead Authorities to Mass Grave in Mexico |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/grieving-mothers-lead-authorities-to-mass-grave-in-mexico-1489612745 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071056/https://www.wsj.com/articles/grieving-mothers-lead-authorities-to-mass-grave-in-mexico-1489612745 |url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Garrido |first=Edgar |editor1-last=Cameron-Moore |editor1-first=Simon |date=March 19, 2017 |title=Mexico drug war investigators unearth 47 more skulls in mass graves |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/mexico-drug-war-investigators-unearth-47-more-skulls-in-mass-graves-idUSKBN16R07X |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110310/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-violence/mexico-drug-war-investigators-unearth-47-more-skulls-in-mass-graves-idUSKBN16R07X |url-status=live }}</ref> This is seen as part of the over 28,000 missing individuals related to the [[Mexican Drug War]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wade |first=Lizzie |date=December 14, 2016 |title=How forensic anthropologists are helping the families of Mexico's disappeared seek justice |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/how-forensic-anthropologists-are-helping-families-mexicos-disappeared-seek-justice |magazine=Science |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205221557/https://www.science.org/content/article/how-forensic-anthropologists-are-helping-families-mexicos-disappeared-seek-justice |url-status=live }}</ref> Within the state the [[Gulf Cartel]] and [[Los Zetas]] have battled for control.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mexico drugs war: Mass grave found in Veracruz |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27915986 |work=BBC News |date=June 19, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110215/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27915986 |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, this has led to journalists being [[List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico|targeted and killed]] within the state.<ref>{{cite news |last=Imison |first=Paul |date=August 17, 2015 |title=How Veracruz Became the Most Dangerous State in Mexico for Journalists |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-veracruz-became-the-most-dangerous-state-in-mexico-for-journalists/ |work=Vice |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018194046/https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm74b5/how-veracruz-became-the-most-dangerous-state-in-mexico-for-journalists |url-status=live }}</ref>