Overview
- Nécker Salazar Mejía, a recognized humanities professor and researcher at Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, died on the university’s central premises on Friday, July 24.
- The university issued a short communiqué confirming his death and offering condolences while the Vicerrectorado de Investigación highlighted his status as a Renacyt researcher.
- Security personnel removed students and staff from the central campus and peritaje—formal forensic or expert procedures—were carried out on site.
- Classes and examinations scheduled for the day were suspended and are being rescheduled, a disruption students and delegates reported directly to campus outlets.
- Salazar Mejía was noted for a long academic career in Hispanic and Andean literary studies with degrees from UNFV and PUCP, published work and roles at UNFV and UNMSM, and the university community has expressed widespread sorrow; observers will look for the forensic findings and a fuller institutional statement next.