2 UAEM prep school students killed in Cuernavaca, weeks after Spanish student’s femicide
Student safety at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM) is under scrutiny after six students have been murdered in the state this year, including Spanish exchange student Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera, 21. The post 2 UAEM prep school students killed in Cuernavaca, weeks after Spanish student’s femicide appeared first on Mexico News Daily
In a tragic coincidence, two prep school students were killed in Cuernavaca, Morelos, just two weeks after a Spanish exchange student was murdered in a similar attack. The victims, Gael and Christian, were 17 years old and students at the UAEM-affiliated high school in the city. This brings to six the number of students murdered in Morelos this year, all studying at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM).
The other victims, Kimberly Ramos Beltrán, Karol Gómez Toledo, and Michelle Itzayana Fuentes, were also UAEM students. The attackers on Saturday night gathered a group of teenagers on the street after a birthday party in the Chula Vista neighborhood. They opened fire indiscriminately, killing the two boys and seriously wounding another.
The incident occurred after emergency services were alerted by neighbors who heard the gunshots. Agents from the State Attorney General's Office arrived at the scene to collect evidence and begin an investigation into the motive for the attack. The UAEM issued a statement expressing condolences to the victims' families and demanding justice, as well as greater security for the university community.
Protesters gathered in Cuernavaca on Sunday to demand results from the investigation and transparency in the handling of these cases, as well as the unsolved disappearances of female students.
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