After a high school student from the Venustiano Carranza mayor’s office threatened to carry a weapon and open fire, the Federal Education Authority in Mexico City (AEFCM) filed a complaint with the local Prosecutor’s Office.
According to parents of students from Day Secondary School No. 88 “Dr. Nabor Castillo”, located at Taller y Retorno 52, Garden Balbuena III colonyVenustiano Carranza, a second grader named Emiliano, threatened to “shoot anyone in his path.”
They indicated that the threatening message was launched on May 19 by the minor’s WhatsApp number to be carried out on May 20, for which they asked for the help of the director Aphrodite Lopez to escalate the complaint to educational and security authorities.
“If you don’t want to die, don’t come, I’ll shoot everywhere tomorrow, so don’t come. Abyssals (sic) to your best friends. Seriously, my stepfather has a gun, don’t come tomorrow. Yes I will, I’m tired (sic) of everyone, then I’ll kill myself,” said the alleged message sent to some colleagues.
Some parents and guardians stopped sending their children to classes. The parents of the students who received the messages uploaded screenshots to their groups and the photo of the teenager posing with a gun, for which they demanded urgent action.
In this regard, the AEFCM, belonging to the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), indicated that measures were taken in the face of such an event.
He specified that the school authorities immediately activated the protocols established in the “Operational Guide for the organization and operation of Basic Education services and for adults in public schools in Mexico City” and established immediate contact with the mother of the student involved. .
In addition, they added, the protocols for the presentation of supplies were intensified to check the belongings of the students; 911 was notified, after which the visit of personnel from the Secretariat of Citizen Attention; and parents were asked to give immediate notice to the school authorities (teachers, social work, guidance, deputy director and/or director) in the event of any risk situation.
The student mentioned, it was asserted, was channeled to psychological treatment and a complaint was filed with the Attorney General of Mexico City (FGJCDMX) for these facts.
“On May 25 and 26, through social networks of the school community, the AEFCM spread that the alleged threat of aggression inside the school had already been dealt with by the corresponding authorities, and that the student was suspended from campus” , said the authority.
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“To follow up on the investigations, on May 26, the staff of the school police of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC). Being a matter of concern in the school community, and verifying that the image of the student carrying a weapon circulates on social networks, the school authorities filed the corresponding complaint with the CDMX Prosecutor’s Office. The AEFCM reports that, so far, no act of violence has been carried out, nor have there been firearms or sharp knives inside the campus, “he added.
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