In terms of security, things didn’t change much in Mexico; Yucatán, for its part, experienced episodes of violence and events that have left indelible marks and cast doubt on the supposed security of the state.
The 12 months of the year passed amidst lynchings, femicides, forced disappearances, and other incidents.
Below is a summary of the police incidents that marked 2025 in Yucatán.
Detention of Students at a Secondary School in Mérida
From the first month of the year, January, unprecedented events were recorded in the state.
An example of this is the case of a person who, through deception and distraction, managed to enter the “Agustín Vadillo Cicero” secondary school. He approached a group of students without teachers and, amidst shouts and insults, incited the young people to commit acts that threatened their lives, including sexual acts with the group.
The man, identified as José T. M., held the students captive for 40 minutes without the school staff noticing their vulnerable situation.
The individual, who evaded security at the “Agustín Vadillo Cicero” secondary school in Mérida, insisted on shouting that group sexual acts must be practiced regularly at schools.
Finally, a teacher noticed and forced José to leave the school, but they did not contact the authorities.
The students’ families learned what had happened and held a protest the following day, which prompted the authorities to open an investigation that led to the man’s arrest.
Days later, the man was admitted to the psychiatric hospital in Mérida.
Lynching in Tekit
At the end of January, one of the most serious cases of violence in Yucatán’s history occurred: the lynching of Ismael Alejandro Abán Canché, alias “El Wero.”
The young man died at the hands of Tekit residents after fatally wounding a woman, all while the authorities stood by, turning a blind eye, and remained indifferent.
On the afternoon of Monday, January 27, a home security camera captured “El Wero” walking down a main street in Tekit with a wooden plank in his hand.
It took him only seconds to enter a house and attack an elderly woman identified as María Candelaria Sosa Poot, “Doña Candy,” 69 years old, leaving her mortally wounded.
This was just one more crime on the long list of offenses against “El Wero.”
Faced with the authorities’ inaction in solving crimes, the residents decided to go looking for the young man at his home. Stones and sticks rained down on Ismael’s house, just a few meters from the community cemetery.
Several hours passed before the police intervened.
Later, agents from the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) managed to arrest the young man, but he was snatched from their grasp by an angry mob.
The residents of Tekit threw stones, sticks, kicks, and punches at “Wero,” who was unable to defend himself because he was immobilized after being detained by the police.
After several minutes, they set him on fire. The young man died charred in front of hundreds of people, and the videos were shared on various social media platforms, generating outrage, anger, and empathy among some viewers.
José Alfredo C.C., Miguel Ángel B.S., Luis Ángel C.S., and Vicente Raúl C.C. were arrested in connection with this death. and José Ignacio G.C., all relatives of Candy, who remain in prison after being formally charged.
Almost a year after the tragedy, those accused of the lynching, or as the law states, “gang homicide,” have still not received a sentence.
Fatal abuse of a seven-year-old boy
The tragedy in Tekit had barely subsided when social media erupted again after the death of a seven-year-old boy, due to neglect by his mother and her partner, was made public.
The events that sparked outrage among the population occurred on the night of Tuesday, February 18, at a home in the Cielo Alto subdivision in the municipality of Kanasín.
They even prompted various civil associations to call for a Justice Center for Children.
At the scene, neighbors reported that it was a child who suffered abuse at the hands of his mother, whom authorities identified as Vilma Concepción M.T., and her partner, a woman identified as Liliana Elizabeth H.G.
Source: yucatan.com.mx
