Two 17-Year-Old UAEM Students Shot Dead in Cuernavaca

Overview

• Two 17-year-old students, Christian Shamed and Gael, were shot and killed in the Colonia Chulavista neighborhood of Cuernavaca on Saturday, and their bodies were later returned to family members.
• The victims attended Preparatoria No. 2, a high school incorporated into the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM).
• The fathers of the teenagers publicly urged authorities and the public not to criminalize their sons and said the students were in the wrong place when they were attacked.
• The state prosecutor’s office carried out initial on-scene work and said it will pursue all lines of investigation, but reports so far do not mention arrests or detailed findings.
• National university group ANUIES formally urged Morelos authorities to strengthen prevention and security measures and the killings have deepened fears after a series of recent violent incidents involving UAEM students.