A 21-year-old Canary Islands student who was doing an academic exchange in Mexico was murdered in the state of Morelos (center) in a crime that the Prosecutor's Office is investigating as femicide, according to local authorities who reported this Sunday.
The governor of Morelos, Margarita González Saravia, confirmed the crime and assured that state authorities established contact with the Consulate of Spain in Mexico to provide support and accompaniment to the family of the young woman, who was in the country as part of an academic exchange at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM).
The UAEM identified, in a statement, the deceased as Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera, 21 years old, who was doing an academic exchange at the Mexican university center from the University of Granada (southern Spain).
For his part, the prosecutor of Morelos, Fernando Blumenkron, reported that the events occurred on Saturday at the House of Culture of Cuautla, a municipality located about 100 kilometers south of Mexico City.
"Yesterday we received this very regrettable news of a Spanish girl, whom we already know is of this nationality," the state prosecutor told local media, without offering further details about the circumstances of what happened.
Blumenkron indicated that the crime is initially being investigated as femicide, in accordance with the protocols applicable to violent deaths of women, while authorities determine if there were gender-based reasons.
The prosecutor added that contact was immediately established with the Consulate of Spain in Mexico as part of the attention protocol to facilitate communication with the victim's relatives.
"This will allow us to have contact with her family (...) and we will give them all the support," he affirmed.
In Mexico, an average of ten women are murdered every day, and a quarter of the crimes are processed as femicide, according to official figures and NGOs.
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