Lilian Hernández Osorio
La Jornada newspaper
Thursday, September 25, 2025, p. 10
They walked silently. The step was slow and peaceful, most wore white, with paliacates and covers to hide their faces. In his banners they expressed his duel for the murder of his partner Jesús Israel.
There were around 300 students and parents of the community of the College of Sciences and Humanities (CCH) south of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), who carried out the march for peace in memory of the third semester young man, whom they killed within the squad and with no one to help it.
They left the facilities of the South CCH towards the Rectory of the National University. There, they lowered the flag at half -mast as a sign of mourning and while the national symbol descended, resonated in unison: “Jesus did not die, UNAM killed him”, “We are not all, we lack Jesus.”
And in the middle of the slogans, they kept a minute of silence, while raising their fist and showing the cards in which it was read: “Being part of the UNAM should be an honor, not a horror”, “returning home should not be a privilege, it is a right” or “going to study does not have to cost us life.”
The protest that began at one in the afternoon extended until 9 at night, because after the march they went to the General Personnel Directorate, where a dialogue table composed of authorities and a student commission was installed, in order to address the problem of the squad.
However, parents who accompanied their children did not allow them access to this meeting, only five students entered, which generated discomfort among those who marched, so they demanded the entry of a representation of parents.
After 30 minutes of having started the table, they gave access to four parents, but only as observers, which caused discomfort among those who expected outside, because that was not part of the agreement.
Until the closing of this edition, no specific agreements were achieved at the dialogue table, so it was estimated to hold a new meeting.
Meanwhile, the National University reported that the Baccalaureate Subcommittee of the Special Security Commission of the University Council met yesterday morning in response to what is instructed by Rector Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas.
According to a statement from the institution, the two petition sheets delivered last Tuesday were analyzed. One by a commission of parents of family of students of the South CCH campus, as well as that of the group of members of that student community.
After this analysis, they agreed to initiate the comprehensive review of the general security protocols for students and workers’ workers, as well as seeking additional control and access measures and improvements to the safety infrastructure of the campus.
It was also established that a psychosocial support strategy must structure.
