The University of Guadalajara announced that it will investigate the case that happened seven years ago.
The mother of the victim involved in screaming and crying during the demonstration.
Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- After the demonstration called by Daniela Baéz, the former student of the Chapala Regional High School who accused him of sexual abuse, a professor voluntarily resigned from the institution, while the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) stated that it will investigate the case.
The protest held on March 14, began at the school campus, traveled along the main avenue of Chapala, Francisco I. Madero, and ended in front of the City Hall building; Approximately 200 people attended with homemade signs, shouting slogans demanding justice .
The dozens of demonstrators shouted «David harasser, Ramón cover-up», referring to the Professor and to the head of the school where the alleged abuse occurred. They also chanted, «The school does not take care of me, my friends take care of me», as they marched carrying banners reading : «Teachers or Pigs?», «Reputation is more important than the safety of the students» and «I want to study without fear», among other messages.
A communiqué issued by the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) on March 15, the day after the demonstration stated that «The professor indicated has voluntarily stepped down and will remain away from his duties until the investigations are concluded.”
In the document, the University emphasized that it had communicated with the affected student, as well as her family, to offer them advice, support and a guarantee to carry out the due process.
It was only on Wednesday, March 16, that the victim announced on social networks that she had formally filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, as well as with the Office for the Defense of University Rights (DDU), an agency of the highest university in Jalisco.
During the March 14 march, not only the name of Professor David was heard, but also that of four other teachers from the same high school; however, the director of the Municipal Institute for Women, Alicia Medeles Córdova, declared that this is the only case that has been followed up so far.
The teacher was pointed out by a former student for alleged acts of sexual abuse when she was 15 years old, seven years ago, in 2015. Daniela uploaded a publication describing her case in her social networks.
In what the young woman has publicly disclosed is that the v50-year old teacher David took her on seven occasions over a nine-month period to two houses he rented in the Plaza de Toros and Chapala Haciendas neighborhoods.
«He would place us naked in front of a computer and touch me or make me touch him. He probably has photos and/or video of us (because the camera always had the light on) «After the first encounter I went to the high school psychologist, Anel Padilla, to tell her EVERYTHING, because she was confused. Her answer was «that if we both wanted to, then it wasn’t bad».
Today I understand that whether you want to or not, it IS A CRIME. Fortunately at the last meeting a relative of his wife saw us enter the house and went to look for my mom. A letter was filed in the high school, to leave a record. However, in order to «take care» of me and my «prestige» nothing was done», the young woman wrote in the filed letter .
Laguna contacted the professor to request an interview, but the University of Guadalajara forbade him to talk about the case until the investigations were concluded.
Translated w by Patrick O’Heffernan
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