Overview

• Residents rallied after 24-year-old Ángel A. Ch., detained by municipal police on Monday, was later reported dead in a jail cell, with authorities telling relatives he hanged himself.
• The Thursday demonstration escalated as crowds entered the building, looted offices, and set fire to furniture and a vehicle, with no arrests reported by press time.
• The Tzucacab municipal government filed a formal complaint with the Yucatán state prosecutor’s office, and state authorities say an investigation is open.
• The Yucatán human rights commission opened an ex officio complaint and urged a prompt, transparent inquiry into the death and the unrest.
• Family members say they were not promptly notified of the death, were barred from viewing the body in the cell, and dispute claims of prior complaints and authorization to remove the remains.