List of school attacks in Mexico

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The following is a list of school attacks in Mexico, including stabbings and shootings that took place in daycare centers, schools, universities and other educational centers. Excluded from this list are the following:

Contents

  1. Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions
  2. Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.

List

DateLocationPerpetratorDeadInjuredDescription
6 May 2002Jardín de Niños ''Gabriela Mistral'' in Ecatepec, State of Mexico José Luis Nieto Ávila222A 56-year-old man ran over multiple students performing the national anthem outside of a daycare, as they refused to make way for his truck. He was sentenced to 146 years imprisonment, but he will serve only 50 years, which is the maximum sentence permitted under the law of the State of Mexico. [1]
13 June 2007The Churchill School in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City Marcelo Fernando Martínez González10The 50-year-old father of a student shot a teacher to death as retaliation for perceived negligence of the school, as his daughter was being allegedly sexually abused there. He was sentenced to 48 years imprisonment. [2]
24 August 2007Escuela Secundaria Técnica N.° 27 in La Ventosa, Oaxaca Arturo Fuentes Escobar11 [n 1] After an argument, a school principal fired a .357 Magnum revolver at his wife, a 46-year-old chemistry teacher, María Elena Toledo Constantino. He then shot himself in the head but survived. [3]
8 August 2011Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ''Campus Estado de México'' (Tec CEM) in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico Unknown02A mail bomb was sent to a teacher, which exploded, injuring him and a security guard. [4]
23 January 2014Escuela Primaria ''Emiliano Zapata'' in Tlayacapan, Morelos Unknown10A 70-year-old teacher was shot by multiple unidentified assailants. [5]
6 May 2014Escuela Secundaria N.° 574 "Gustavo Baz Prada" in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico Édgar Yoevani Guzmán Barroso [6] 10A 15-year-old student shot his 13-year-old classmate Ricardo Alvarado Ordóñez in the forehead with a .32-caliber handgun due to a personal dispute. He was sentenced to 8 years in a correctional facility. [6] [7]
15 October 2014Escuela Secundaria N.° 5 "General Otilio González" in Saltillo, Coahuila Miguel Ángel [n 2] 10During a physical altercation, 14-year-old student Axel Gaudel Nava Briones was fatally wounded after being stabbed by a classmate. [8]
22 January 2015Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos (CETIS) N.° 68 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa Rodolfo Perea Castro10An 18-year-old student fatally shot his classmate Joel Guevara Medina with a .380 ACP pistol after an argument. [9] The attacker was sentenced to 2 years, 5 months, and 7 days imprisonment. [10]
18 January 2017Colegio Americano del Noreste in Monterrey, Nuevo León Federico Fernando Guevara Elizondo [11] 2 [n 3] 3 Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting: A 16-year-old student opened fire in his classroom with a .22-caliber pistol, seriously wounding a teacher—who died two months later—along with two other students, while another sustained minor injuries, before turning the weapon on himself.
1 March 2017Escuela Preparatoria N.° 2 ''Plantel Nezahualcóyotl'' de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) in Toluca, State of Mexico Carlos Alejandro Medina Millán [12] 05A 16-year-old student set off a Molotov cocktail before wounding five students with an axe and fleeing the area. The attacker later confessed that he had intended to attack at least 14 people before committing suicide. [13] [14] He was subsequently sentenced to 4 years and 22 days in a correctional facility. [12] [15]
6 March 2017Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP) N.° 35 ''Plantel Lázaro Cárdenas'' in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán Unknown10An unidentified attacker fatally shot the institution’s director, Miguel Arcángel Núñez Torres. [16]
29 March 2017Rector’s Office Building of the Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala in Tlaxcala, State of Mexico Óscar Osvaldo [17] 01An engineering student wounded institution’s director Luis Álvarez Ochoa by slashing his jugular during a physical altercation. [17]
6 April 2017Escuela Secundaria N.° 41 ''Dr. Albert B. Sabin'' in San Nicolás, Nuevo León Juan Alfonso [n 2] 01 [n 1] A 15-year-old student attempted to stab a schoolteacher with a kitchen knife; however, the thick coat she was wearing prevented any injury. The attacker then suddenly began inflicting self-harm to his wrists with the same knife. [18]
10 May 2017Escuela Secundaria N.° 22 ''Diego Rivera'' in Guadalupe, Nuevo León Cecilia [n 2] 01A 13-year-old female student slashed a 55-year-old mathematics teacher. [19]
25 May 2017Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP) "Plantel Ing. Adrián Sada Treviño" in Monterrey, Nuevo León Alberto David [n 2] 10During a physical altercation, a 16-year-old student fatally stabbed an 18-year-old classmate, Marlon Iván Guzmán Cortés. [20]
11 April 2018Escuela Telesecundaria N.° 399 ''Lic. Alfredo del Mazo'' in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico Omar [n 2] 10A 17-year-old student fatally shot a 21-year-old classmate with a handgun before fleeing to his home and taking his own life with the same weapon. [21]
19 February 2019Escuela Secundaria Técnica N.° 30 in Calpulalpan, State of Mexico Gael [n 2] 01A 14-year-old student stabbed his 48-year-old teacher after she expelled him from class. [22]
10 January 2020Colegio Cervantes ''Campus del Bosque'' in Torreón, Coahuila José Ángel Ramos Betts2 [n 3] 6 Colegio Cervantes shooting:An 11-year-old student opened fire on the school playground with .40- and .25-caliber pistols, injuring five students and one teacher before fatally shooting another teacher and subsequently committing suicide.
9 May 2023Colegio de Bachilleres de Tabasco (COBATAB) N.° 35 in Villahermosa, Tabasco Unnamed01A student attacked a teacher with a hammer after he flunked him on a history test. [23]
31 May 2023Escuela Secundaria Federalizada N.° 80 "Cuauhtémoc" in La Paz, State of Mexico Diego Antonio [n 2] 01A 13-year-old student intended to kill a mathematics teacher who had allegedly pulled his hair on a prior occasion. After roaming the school courtyard in search of the teacher, the boy wounded a 62-year-old janitor with a 9 mm pistol when the latter attempted to stop him upon noticing that he was armed. [24] [25]
5 October 2023Escuela Secundaria General N.° 1 "Rubén Humberto Moreira Flores" in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila Alberto Asaid [n 2] 01A 14-year-old student stabbed a 59-year-old teacher, Patricia Burciaga Dávila, in retaliation for having subjected him to offensive remarks. [26] [27]
26 January 2024Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Educación Bilingüe (CIDEB) ''Unidad Mederos'' de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) in Monterrey, Nuevo León Alfonso [n 2] 01A 16-year-old student attacked a classmate, allegedly his ex-girlfriend, with a knife. [28]
6 March 2024Centro de Estudios "Plantel Olímpica" de la Universidad Tecnológica de Guadalajara (UTEG) in Guadalajara, Jalisco Gabriel Alejandro Galaviz González21 Technological University of Guadalajara attack: A 20-year-old man used bladed weapons to kill two administrative staff members and injure an academic coordinator, all employees of the institution, before being arrested.
14 March 2024Escuela Secundaria General ''Lázaro Cárdenas'' in Boca del Río, Veracruz Unnamed01A 12-year-old student, dressed in clothing identical to that of the fictional character '' The Joker '', attacked his teacher with a knife. [29]
30 November 2024Escuela Preparatoria San Andrés ''Plantel Circunvalación'' in Guadalajara, Jalisco Brandon Alonso [n 2] 03 [n 3] San Andrés Preparatory School attack: A 17-year-old student attacked two classmates with a hammer in an attempted massacre before being subdued.
4 March 2025Escuela Secundaria General ''Elisa Acuña Rosetti'' in Tizayuca, Hidalgo Unnamed01A 15-year-old student was stabbed by the father of a classmate after getting into a fight with his son. [30]
21 March 2025Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (CCH) ''Plantel Naucalpan'' de la Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico Jesús [n 2] 01A 16-year-old student stabbed a 65-year-old French teacher after ''hearing a voice in his head telling him to do so.'' [31] [32]
9 September 2025Escuela Secundaria Técnica N.° 52 in Delicias, Chihuahua Unnamed01A 12-year-old female student attacked the mother of a fellow student on the head with a hatchet and switchblade before being restrained. [33]
22 September 2025Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades ''Plantel Sur'' (CCH Sur) de la Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Coyoacán, Mexico City Lex Ashton Cañedo López [34] [35] 12 [n 3] A student stabbed one of his classmates to death and injured a security guard before jumping off a tall building and breaking both his legs. He was arrested at the scene. [36]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Only the perpetrator.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 These are the perpetrator or suspect's given names, as they were a minor at the time of the crime and their surnames were not released to the public.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Including the perpetrator.

References

  1. ↑ Mayen, Baruc (14 August 2025). "Ecatepec: caso del mecánico que atropelló a niños y maestras en kinder". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Jiménez, Gerardo (11 October 2012). "La sentencia del asesino de la maestra del Churchill es de medio siglo". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. ↑ EFE (24 August 2007). "Una maestra es asesinada por su esposo frente a sus alumnos en México". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Explota paquete bomba en universidad mexicana". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Poblete, Juan Correa; Admin, User (23 January 2014). "En México un maestro rural fue asesinado frente a sus alumnos". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.{{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  6. 1 2 Televisa Edo Mex (2 June 2014). Noticieros - Menor de edad mata a su compañero en Atizapán de Zaragoza . Retrieved 30 January 2026– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "De un balazo mata joven de 15 años a compañero en salón de clases". La Policiaca - La Nota Roja De Mexico. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Mata a su compañero durante riña en secundaria de Saltillo". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in Mexican Spanish). 16 October 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  9. ↑ invitada, Pluma (11 January 2020). "Educación para la Paz: un enfoque urgente para nuestro Sistema Educativo Nacional". Educación Futura (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ratifican sentencia a joven implicado en homicidio". debate.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Autoridades de Nuevo León confirmaron la muerte del menor Federico Fernando Guevara Elizondo, quien hirió a tres de sus compañeros y a una maestra, en un colegio regiomontano, para después atentar contra su vida". www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Internamiento preventivo a agresor de Prepa 2". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Alumno de la UAEMex hiere a 5 compañeros con un hacha, y pone una molotov en baño de su escuela en Toluca". SinEmbargo MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "El agresor de Prepa 2 planeaba una masacre". Apocaliptic (in Spanish). 3 March 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  15. ↑ adnoticiasedomex (13 July 2017). "Recibe sentencia menor agresor de prepa 2". AD Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Matan a director del Conalep de Lázaro Cárdenas". impulso79.rssing.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  17. 1 2 "Alumno de la Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala le corta la yugular a su director académico". www.periodicocentral.mx (in European Spanish). 30 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Con cuchillo en mano, alumno de secundaria intenta agredir a su maestra en NL". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "Alumna ataca a su maestro con navaja en Guadalupe, Nuevo León". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  20. ↑ "Asesina estudiante a compañero en Conalep". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  21. ↑ MILENIO (13 April 2018). Estudiante de telesecundaria mata a compañero en Edomex . Retrieved 30 January 2026– via YouTube.
  22. ↑ "Estudiante apuñala a maestra y se da a la fuga | e-veracruz.mx". "Veracruz | Referencia obligada" (in Spanish). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  23. ↑ Nava, Jenifer (10 May 2023). "Alumno atacó con un martillo a profesor por reprobarlo en un Bachilleres de Tabasco". Infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Balacera en secundaria del Edomex: alumno ingresó con un arma para disparar contra hombre". El Sol de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Ataques armados en escuelas de México, fenómeno al alza | e-consulta.com". e-consulta Puebla | Referencia obligada (in Spanish). 28 September 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  26. ↑ "VIDEO FUERTE: Estudiante apuñala a su maestra en secundaria de Coahuila". Azteca Puebla (in Mexican Spanish). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  27. ↑ "Por bullying, alumno habría apuñalado a su maestra en Coahuila, señalan madres de familia". Azteca Puebla (in Mexican Spanish). 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  28. ↑ "Hieren con arma blanca a estudiante en CIDEB de Monterrey". MVS Noticias (in Spanish). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  29. ↑ en, Por Brenda TerrerosSeguir (15 March 2024). "Estudiante de secundaria disfrazado de The Joker agrede a su profesor en Veracruz". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  30. ↑ Trejo, Guadalupe (3 September 2025). "Padre de familia apuñala a estudiante de secundaria en Hidalgo". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  31. ↑ en, Por Ale HuitronSeguir (27 March 2025). "Procesan a estudiante que apuñaló a un profesor en CCH Naucalpan". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  32. ↑ MILENIO (1 January 2026). Violencia en la UNAM: Los ataques que marcaron un antes y un después . Retrieved 31 January 2026– via YouTube.
  33. ↑ Rodriguez, Mauricio (9 September 2025). "Alumna de secundaria ataca a hachazos y cuchilladas a madre de familia en Delicias". Norte de Ciudad Juárez (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  34. ↑ Ponce, Guadalupe (24 September 2025). "Assassin from CCH Sur: homicidal ideas and a life under bullying, the IMSS diagnosis". La Silla Rota. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  35. ↑ Jiménez, Omar Hernández (23 September 2025). "Presunto asesino del CCH mostraba en Facebook ropa y armas de la agresión". UnoTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  36. ↑ Catarino, Geovanni Rodríguez (22 September 2025). "Estudiante de CCH Sur muere apuñalado por compañero que ingresó disfrazado a la escuela". www.record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2025.
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