Mexico (AFP) – Mexico is preparing a decree to require social networks to remove content that incites violence, the government announced on Friday, a day after a knife attack at a school that left one dead.

First modification: 02/10/2026 - 21:30

Armed attacks in schools are rare in Mexico, a country hit by drug violence, but in recent years they have occurred more frequently.

On Thursday, two 18-year-olds killed the deputy director of an educational establishment with a knife and injured three other people in the industrial city of Torreón, in the state of Coahuila, bordering the United States.

"There are some similar episodes that have occurred in the country in recent years, there are three or four," said President Claudia Sheinbaum in her daily press conference.

The decree prepared by his administration seeks to establish obligations for digital platforms "in terms of detection, reporting and timely removal of content and comments that directly incite violence," the Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, explained at the conference.

Another attack with a knife occurred on Wednesday at a secondary school in the state of Querétaro, in the center of the country. Three employees and a minor were injured by a student and are out of danger.

In both cases, "similarities" were found related to "behavior linked to communication through social networks," Sheinbaum said.

In March, a 15-year-old student was arrested in the state of Michoacán (west) accused of shooting to death two teachers at a private school. In September 2025, a 19-year-old young man killed a classmate with a knife in an educational center in the capital.

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