Overview

• On August 28, the education ministry is delivering a public apology to families of children abused at the Marcelino de Champagnat kindergarten in Mexico City as ordered by a court.
• A judge declared SEP penally responsible and mandated joint payment of more than 24.65 million pesos in reparations and a fine exceeding 3 million pesos with the convicted aggressor.
• The ruling ordered comprehensive measures for victims and prevention, including access to housing, scholarships, labor support for indirect victims, staff training, and a formal apology event.
• The sentence also set a national school calendar observance for September 8 to raise awareness about child sexual abuse and maltreatment across basic education.
• In related proceedings, one perpetrator received a 494-year prison term in 2021, the court recognized a pattern of systematic abuse with multiple aggressors, and records show 57 complaints with 18 resulting sentences, against a backdrop of sharply rising national reports documented by NGOs.