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Sheinbaum Unveils Social Intervention in San Quintín After 13-Year-Old’s Femicide

The federal government plans a house-by-house migrant census with targeted infrastructure upgrades to healthcare facilities, schools, childcare centers to address the region’s structural problems

Overview

  • Sheinbaum emphasized that existing juvenile laws hold the 16-year-old suspect accountable but urged that deeper social issues in San Quintín must also be addressed
  • The government will conduct a detailed census of migrant workers dwelling in San Quintín to identify local needs and guide program delivery
  • Planned investments include completing the IMSS Coplamar hospital conversion, bolstering school resources and establishing new childcare centers
  • President Sheinbaum highlighted that San Quintín’s seasonal agricultural economy and informal labor contracts have fostered precarious living conditions linked to rising violence
  • The adolescent suspect remains in preventive internment under aggravated femicide charges with two months granted for complementary investigations