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Sinaloa Violence Pushes Six Secondary Schools Back Online as Teacher’s Killing Fuels Outcry

A new round of remote classes underscores how sustained gunfire now dictates school access across affected communities.

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.