Politics · Mexico · 3 hrs ago
School in Veracruz suspends classes after threat is found
The Manuel C. Tello General Secondary School in Teocelo, in central Veracruz, suspended classes after a threat was found on its premises.
School authorities found a message on a wall referring to revenge, warnings and threats, along with burned books and papers in a classroom.
Students and staff were sent home until their safety can be assured.
Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle García confirmed the closure and directed the state education and public security agencies to investigate.
Similar threats were reported at three schools in Veracruz in April, but none led to violence, according to the account.
The closures show how threatening messages can disrupt classes while schools and authorities assess safety.
The investigation is expected to establish what happened.
A secondary school in Teocelo, Veracruz, suspended classes after a threatening message was found on its premises.
School authorities sent students home after finding the message and burned books and papers in a classroom.
Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle García confirmed the suspension and ordered state education and public security officials to investigate.
Students and school staff were told not to return until their safety could be guaranteed.
La Jornada reported that earlier threats at schools in the state had not led to violence.
- Who
- The Escuela Secundaria General Manuel C. Tello and its students and staff. Governor Rocío Nahle García confirmed the suspension.
- What
- Classes were suspended after a threatening message was found, along with burned books and papers.
- When
- The message was found on Monday morning; the article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- The school is in Teocelo, in central Veracruz, Mexico.
- Why
- School authorities suspended classes after finding a threat and burned materials, pending guarantees for the safety of students and staff.
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A warning of a possible armed attack was reported in a bathroom at Colegio Cristóbal Colón.
A similar threatening message was found at Joaquín Ramírez Cabañas high school in Coatepec.
A third message warning of future school violence was found at the evening school Veracruz in Xalapa.
Authorities at Escuela Secundaria General Manuel C. Tello found a threatening message on a wall and burned books and papers in a classroom.
La Jornada reported that the school had suspended classes and that the governor had ordered an investigation.
- School
- Escuela Secundaria General Manuel C. Tello
- Municipality
- Teocelo, Veracruz
- Action
- Classes suspended; students and staff told not to attend until safety could be guaranteed
- Evidence found
- A threatening message on a wall; burned books and papers in a classroom
- Investigation
- Governor Rocío Nahle García instructed state education and public security officials to investigate
What people are saying
I asked not only the SEV (…) to go and see because they went and scrawled a threat on the wall and because of that people said, we’re not going to school, we’re not going to classes, over graffiti, so I’ve already asked the Public Security Secretariat to investigate that, we have to investigate because this cannot happen
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Classes suspended at Teocelo secondary school after written threats found
