Federico Daniel Merida
Federico Daniel Merida (born 1983) is a former United States Army, U.S. Army United States National Guard, National Guardsman Specialist (rank), Specialist who pleaded guilty to murdering an Iraqi teenager. On May 11, 2004, after a sexual encounter, Merida shot 17-year-old Falah Zaggam, an National Guard (Iraq), Iraqi National Guard Private (rank), Private, 11 times in a guard tower, then threw his body off the building. Early life Merida was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He suffered sexual abuse as a young child. Merida eventually moved to the United States and became an American citizen. He later got married and had a child in 2002. Merida eventually got a job at a furniture business in Biscoe, North Carolina and joined the North Carolina National Guard. Deployment to Iraq and murder In early 2004, Merida's national guard unit was deployed to Iraq. He was a member of the 113th Field Artillery Battalion's Battery B, and was assigned to the 30th Brigade Combat Team in Iraq. While ...
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Veracruz, Mexico
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in eastern Mexico and is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into Municipalities of Veracruz, 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa, Xalapa-Enríquez. Veracruz has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico on the east of the state. The state is noted for its mixed ethnic and indigenous populations. Cuisine of Veracruz, Its cuisine reflects the many cultural influences that have come through the state because of the importance of the port of Veracruz. In addition to the capital city, the state's large ...
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