Overview
- Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla said the students bear no blame and placed responsibility on school leaders.
- The state separated the Contepec campus director and one teacher from their posts over the event.
- The routine used replica guns and named slain mayors, including Carlos Manzo, during an official COBAEM dance contest.
- Students and Contepec mayor Eduardo Martínez Guzmán described the performance as a call to end violence rather than an apology for crime.
- COBAEM acknowledged prior awareness of the theme through its Sectoriales contest, raising questions about oversight and free expression in schools.