Overview
- The state government reported that six technical secondary schools moved from in-person to virtual instruction in El Tigre, Tamarindo, Caimanero, Recoveco, Mocorito and Villa Juárez.
- Public Security officials said Villa Juárez saw shootings for a second consecutive day, reinforcing parents’ decisions to keep children home.
- Authorities and colleagues identified the slain teacher as Jesamel Rodríguez Sazueta, 39, killed Saturday in an attack in Navolato, prompting protests and demands for protection and accountability.
- Mexicanos Primero Sinaloa previously counted 582 of 978 Culiacán schools closed in September 2024 with attendance at 10% in preschool, 11% in primary and 27% in secondary, and the group warns a month lost can mean a year of learning regression.
- PRI senator Paloma Sánchez criticized the security strategy as ineffective, calling class suspensions a daily reality and citing roughly two thousand homicides and nearly two thousand disappearances in the past year.