Overview
- Dozens of campus security employees halted traffic for nearly two hours outside UNAM’s Rectoría, carrying signs such as “We are not killers” and calling for the release of four detained colleagues.
- The city forensic institute determined that Rodrigo Mondragón, a 26-year-old Cruz Azul fan, died from asphyxia due to strangulation following an encounter outside Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
- Authorities have placed four UNAM security workers in preventive custody at Reclusorio Oriente on homicide charges, with a court hearing scheduled on November 1 to define their legal status.
- UNAM’s security directorate says it delivered surveillance footage to the Mexico City prosecutor’s office, and widely circulated videos show personnel subduing Mondragón near the stadium.
- Protesting workers accused senior security managers of negligence and irregular command decisions and demanded their dismissal, alleging the university has not provided adequate legal support to the detained staff.