Cirilo Vázquez Lagunes

Cirilo Vázquez Lagunes (died November 19, 2006), nicknamed "Cacique of the South," ("cacique del sur" in Spanish ) was a Mexican cattle rancher and businessman who had political power in areas in the state of Veracruz. Vázquez died at the hands of assassins at the age of 51.

Dudley Althaus of the Houston Chronicle said that Cirilo Vázquez was "arguably the most powerful political figure in the southern coastal lowlands of Veracruz state."

Vázquez had a wife, Deisi Valencia, who served as the mayor of San Juan Evangelista. several assassins ambushed Vázquez as he returned from a semi-pro baseball game in which his team had defeated a regional rival with a 10–1 win. The men shot Vázquez at least twelve times, including three times in the head. Three municipal police officers, who served as Vázquez's bodyguards, and the father of Vázquez's common law wife also died.