Overview

• A 54-year-old cleaning worker was killed and two 11-year-old children were injured on October 9 inside the Simón Ramírez Rodríguez primary school in Ex Hacienda de Xalpa, Huehuetoca.
• Authorities detained the school director, Verónica “N,” and the janitor, Víctor Alberto “N,” placing them under investigation for probable culpable homicide and injuries and holding them in the Cuautitlán detention center.
• Officials report the dogs had been authorized to remain on school grounds; at least 10 to 13 mixed-breed animals were removed and placed under the custody of the municipal adoption and welfare center pending a Fiscalía decision.
• Municipal authorities suspended school activities, covered the victim’s funeral expenses, and coordinated care for the injured children through the local DIF, which certified first-degree injuries; the minors are out of danger and with their mother.
• The case follows other recent fatal dog-pack attacks in the State of Mexico, and parents are demanding an explanation for why the school housed the animals.