Primary closed in Uruapan, Michoacán after criminal extortion

Teachers of the primary school Lázaro Cárdenas, of the city of Uruapan, are extorted by criminals who demand the payment of “floor payment.” Parents closed the school and the State Education Secretariat (SEE) filed a complaint with the state prosecutor's office.TE MAY INTEREST: ‘Oxigen for transparency’: Claudia faces first case of corruption with marked difference from AMLOFamily parents took the school and closed it, as a measure of public den…

According to testimonies, the criminals used one of the students to send a folder with threats to the teachers; in resisting, one of them was stolen his car.

The insecurity in Michoacán has reached alarming levels, affecting even the education sector. In the municipality of Uruapan, a primary school had to close its doors due to threats, extortions and thefts that have made the school environment a dangerous place. Primary School “Lázaro Cárdenas del Río” closes its doors in Uruapan because of insecurity. It is the Primary School “Lázaro Cárdenas del Río”, located in the San Juan Evangelista colony, …

Amanda BautistaFor the collection of flats, threats and theft of vehicles, teachers and directors of the primary school Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, in Uruapan, Michoacán, determined to suspend school activities and academic events because there were no security conditions to be present at the institution.The teachers pointed out that they are physically assaulted, actions that attribute to members of criminal groups who use the students of the same…

Students of the Primary School “Lázaro Cárdenas del Río” in Uruapan, Michoacán were used to deliver the threat notes to teachers, who on Wednesday suspended academic activities, after denouncing being the object of extortion. On Wednesday afternoon, at a meeting in the school yard, a text was read about the situation of insecurity that prevails in the institution.