Overview

• Emmanuel, 21, died on September 2 at Hospital Rubén Leñero after being struck during an August 31 gathering near the Monumento a la Revolución.
• His mother is pursuing reclassification from reckless injury to negligent homicide and aims to hold organizer Sandra Cuevas legally accountable.
• Police say the motorcyclist was fleeing a checkpoint for not wearing a helmet during an operation that impounded 113 motorcycles and five razer vehicles for various infractions.
• Excélsior reports the presumed rider, identified as Luis Manuel “N,” 18, remains hospitalized under police custody, while Milenio reports he is 17 and was released after being accused of traffic-related injuries.
• Milenio also reports the prosecutor’s office is seeking to classify the case as negligent homicide, and Emmanuel was mourned at a wake on September 3 in Tlalnepantla, Estado de México.