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Morelos Prosecutor Seeks Federal Support After Cuernavaca Shooting Kills Two Students

Federal forensic and intelligence teams will join the active criminal probe, elevating the investigation to national priority.

Overview

  • Two young people were killed and a third wounded in a shooting in Colonia Chulavista, Cuernavaca, during a Saturday night incident when armed suspects on a motorcycle opened fire.
  • The Fiscalía General del Estado de Morelos opened a carpeta de investigación, which formally launches a criminal inquiry and triggers evidence collection.
  • Investigators from the Agencia de Investigación Criminal and the Coordinación de Servicios Periciales have examined the scene, gathered physical evidence and reviewed surveillance footage for leads.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed federal attention to the case and Fiscal Fernando Blumenkron Escobar requested support from the Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana and the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia for forensic and intelligence assistance.
  • Authorities say the probe will pursue all lines of inquiry without criminalizing victims, no arrests have been publicly reported yet, and the case comes weeks after the high-profile killing of another UAEM student that has increased local concern about violence.