Overview

• Graphic videos circulated on social media showing a cat strapped with fireworks by individuals who are alleged criminology students at EDUCEM’s Pénjamo campus.
• The Guanajuato attorney’s office opened criminal investigation 98880/2025 for aggravated animal cruelty under article 297-A of the state penal code.
• Authorities have identified four suspects, though their identities remain private to prevent interference with proceedings.
• Pénjamo municipal officials and state leaders publicly denounced the cruelty and urged citizens to file formal complaints, while Universidad EDUCEM has not issued a statement beyond deactivating its Facebook page.
• Activist groups including Asociación Gaticos AC are demanding the students’ expulsion, penal sanctions and removal of the supervising professor.