Parents closed a primary school in CDMX after reporting a case of sexual abuse against a girl

Parents demonstrated this Thursday morning, April 1, outside the Xitle public elementary school, in the Coyoacán mayor's office in Mexico City, to demand justice after the complaint of alleged sexual abuse of which a student from this campus was the victim.

Classes were suspended after about seven relatives of the victim stationed at the entrance of the school to express their dissatisfaction with the release of the teacher identified as Raúl “N”, who was reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office on March 28 for alleged sexual abuse against a minor, according to the testimony that the protesters offered to Infobae Mexico.

With signs and slogans, the family of the affected student demanded that the school authorities that the alleged perpetrator be imprisoned and assured that during the six years he has taught at the Xitle school, he has assaulted 9 other girls, so they invited other parents to file the corresponding complaints.

In addition, they denounced that the director of the campus has failed to follow the corresponding protocol and also accused her of covering up the teacher in question.

In an interview for this media, the girl's aunt who was attacked, explained that this week the corresponding complaint was filed with the Attorney General's Office (FGR) after the minor offered her testimony to the primary authorities.

Regarding this case, the Federal Education Authority in Mexico City (AEFCM) reported that following the victim's testimony, the protocol of the Operational Guide for this type of case was followed and the alleged aggressor was presented to the ministerial authorities, who were responsible for defining his legal status.

They added that the principal of the primary school removed the teacher from the post upon hearing the complaint, however, the girl's parents claim that the teacher was protected and he was only appointed to another school section.

Because Thursday's protest resulted in the suspension of activities, the situation divided parents, as there was a group that expressed their dissatisfaction with the interruption of classes and remembered that the students barely returned to the face-to-face model after two years of pandemic.

The protesters told other parents that they were carrying out these acts not only for the minor who dared to report, but for the other alleged victims, and therefore invited them to join the complaints and thus achieve justice.

While the parents of the affected student argued that they offered evidence of sexual abuse, the reason for their frustration and outrage at the release of the accused, the educational authorities in Mexico City said that it was up to the justice institutions to pursue the corresponding investigation.

Due to the protest, police from the Mexico City Ministry of Citizen Security guarded the premises to prevent further incidents.

The victim's aunt told Infobae that they discovered this case of sexual abuse because of the unusual and evasive behavior shown by the girl, who told a classmate about the situation she was suffering. She added that it was this student who was brave and showed as evidence to the director of the campus the letters that her friend shared with her in the classroom.

He added that the teacher kept the students threatened so that their loved ones would not tell anything and constantly told them that if they revealed the abuses in retaliation, he would hurt their parents or even other classmates.

In 2021, the Office of the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child (ODI) A.C. presented the report “It's a Secret. Sexual exploitation of children in schools” revealed cases of sexual exploitation of children in public and private institutions in at least 7 entities of the Republic.

This study indicates that teachers, managers, administrative and quartermaster personnel were involved, who committed crimes against minors between three and seven years of age.

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