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UABC Fires Professor Accused of Harassment After Gender‑Violence Review

The decision followed enforcement of the university’s gender‑violence protocol triggered by public allegations and student activism.

Overview

  • The university confirmed late Thursday it dismissed Luis Alfredo “N” from the Faculty of Human Sciences in Mexicali.
  • Videos posted on social media showed the professor leaving his cubicle with university staff as students inside the faculty celebrated.
  • Reports say he maintained a sexual‑affective relationship with a master’s student, conduct the UABC protocol classifies as gender‑based violence at risk level 2.
  • Other students reported harassment, sexual insinuations, and threats of academic reprisals, with Proceso noting at least five alleged victims and an investigation the rector acknowledged earlier in the week.
  • Rector Luis Enrique Palafox Maestre initially downplayed the case as a consensual relationship, later calling that an omission and affirming the protocol prohibits such conduct.