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Three Months After SNTE HQ Arson, No Arrests as Cepeda Blames 'Infiltrators'

The union rebuilds its damaged offices, with its leader touting a voluntary mass affiliation of teachers to Morena.

Overview

  • SNTE chief Alfonso Cepeda Salas says authorities have identified no suspects or made arrests despite complaints filed with videos and photos from the June 5 attack.
  • The Mexico City headquarters remains under remodeling after damage estimated at about 35 million pesos and the loss of original historical documents despite partial digitization.
  • Cepeda now attributes the vandalism to hired infiltrators rather than teachers and calls for dialogue and coexistence between SNTE members and the dissident CNTE.
  • SNTE has indicated it will seek to recover repair costs by charging CNTE union sections it considers responsible, a plan first floated after the incident.
  • Cepeda reports roughly 1.3 to 1.35 million teachers have joined Morena in what he describes as a voluntary process, with a stated goal of reaching 5 million by the end of the school year.