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UNAM Orders Urgent Security Review After Fatal Stabbing at CCH Sur as Students Rally for Protection

Authorities say they will strengthen student mental‑health support in coordination with UNAM.

Overview

  • Forensic officials completed the necropsy and determined the 16-year-old victim died from a puncture wound to the neck, and his body was delivered to his family.
  • The Mexico City prosecutor’s office opened a case for aggravated homicide and intentional injury; the 19-year-old suspect, identified as Lex Ashton “N”, remains hospitalized under police custody after jumping from a building, and a campus worker was injured.
  • UNAM Rector Leonardo Lomelí convened the Subcomisión de Bachillerato to urgently review security protocols for CCH Sur, and classes at the plantel remain suspended.
  • Students and parents marched to Rectoría to demand effective protection and justice, and organizers called for a silent march at CCH Sur on Wednesday.
  • City and university officials pledged to extend existing programs such as Auxilio Escolar, Vida Plena, Corazón Contento and INJUVE’s Está chido sentirse bien, while reports noted no immediate new entry inspections and some CCH authorities called bag checks or metal detectors impractical; a separate UNAM Architecture student died by suicide at Metro Copilco the same day, heightening concern about mental health.