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Michoacán Opens Probe After 13-Year-Old's Video Threatens Teachers

A juvenile prosecutor is gathering evidence to determine possible charges under Michoacán's adolescent justice procedures.

Overview

  • The state attorney's office confirmed an investigation and assigned a Specialized Prosecutor for Adolescents in Lázaro Cárdenas.
  • The video, shared among students on WhatsApp, shows the boy urging classmates to kill a history teacher and an accounting teacher.
  • Community members and the boy's relatives identified him as a second-year student at Secundaria Técnica No. 12 in Lázaro Cárdenas.
  • Alerts from relatives enabled preventive measures to safeguard the teachers named in the recording, according to officials and local reports.
  • Relatives say he described the clip as a joke, and educational sources reported he recently sought to withdraw from the school without parental consent.