Overview

• A Mexico City Control Judge linked Lex Ashton to trial on charges of aggravated homicide and attempted homicide following an Oct. 16 hearing.
• Preventive detention was maintained, so the 19-year-old remains held at Reclusorio Preventivo Varonil Oriente.
• The defense tried to present a neurosurgeon and psychiatric and psychological experts to argue psychosis and prior treatment since 2021, but the judge did not allow their testimony and requested official mental-health assessments.
• The judge set a three-month period for complementary investigation as prosecutors said evidence supports the charges and detention.
• Authorities say the Sept. 22 attack at UNAM’s CCH Sur killed student Jesús Israel and injured a worker; Ashton jumped from a building, was hospitalized, and was arrested on Oct. 10 after being discharged.