Overview

• Prosecutors in Mexico City are investigating alleged crimes of homicidio calificado and lesiones dolosas after 19-year-old student Lex Ashton reportedly fatally stabbed Jesús Israel, 16, at UNAM’s CCH Sur and injured a 65-year-old worker.
• The suspect attempted to flee by jumping from a campus building, suffered fractures in both legs, and remains hospitalized under custody of the Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana.
• Hours before the attack, a Facebook profile attributed to the suspect showed weapons, a skull-style mask and a sweatshirt reading “Bloodbath,” alongside a message interpreted as a warning; investigators have not confirmed links to outside groups.
• UNAM suspended classes at the plantel, convened security protocol reviews through a university commission, and the victim’s body was released to his family after a necropsy attributed death to neck stab wounds.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed the Interior Ministry to assist the family and offered federal support to UNAM, while students and parents marched and circulated petitions seeking credentialed entry, metal detectors, cameras and a constant security presence.