The federal government announced on September 15, 2026, that the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia is supporting the investigation into the murder of Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera, a 21-year-old Spanish student attacked on September 12 in Cuautla, Morelos, where the state prosecutor's office keeps all lines of investigation open.
The case adds to a documented pattern at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. From 2025 to date, five students at that institution have been murdered, according to the chronology published by El Universal: Aylin Rodríguez Fernández in April 2025, Kimberly Joselin Ramos Beltrán and Karol Toledo Gómez in March 2026, Michelle Itzayana Fuentes in June 2026, and Tacoronte Aguilera in September 2026. The Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, with support from the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia, is carrying out work to identify, locate and arrest those responsible in coordination with the Morelos prosecutor's office, according to Aristegui Noticias. For Mexico, the case brings to the fore the protocols for supporting students on international mobility and the coordination mechanisms between state prosecutors' offices and federal authorities in femicide investigations.
The Fiscalía General del Estado de Morelos is investigating the case under the femicide protocol, with participation from the Fiscalía Especializada en Atención al Delito de Feminicidio. Prosecutor Fernando Blumenkron Escobar said that no line of investigation is ruled out, including a possible robbery, and that video surveillance recordings from the area were requested, including those held by private parties. Governor Margarita González Saravia received Spain's consul general in Mexico, Marcos Rodríguez Cantero, at the Palacio de Gobierno, and reported significant progress in the investigation. The University of Granada suspended student mobility to the UAEM and will relocate three students who were on exchange at that institution, which has 17 students at Mexican universities and 24 incoming students expected for the academic year.
The investigation continues with no detained persons reported as of September 15, with the Morelos prosecutor's office analyzing video surveillance and testimony. The Government of Spain is monitoring the case through its consulate, and the University of Granada will decide in the coming days on the situation of the students who remain in Mexico.
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