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Militarization of Mexico under the spotlight after National Guard kills student in Guanajuato

A student has died and another has been injured by shots fired by a National Guard agent, a situation that occurred this Wednesday in Guanajuato, near Irapuato.

In a statement issued by the National Guard, the agent fired his gun because the movements of the boys' truck generated "confusion and uncertainty." The killed student, Ángel Rangel, was 19 years old and studying agronomy. His partner was seriously injured. A third student was uninjured.

The University of Guanajuato has published a message on its networks, condemning what happened: "We repudiate the violence that once again puts . . .

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