When “criminology” becomes crime itself
Ah, higher education. That sacred space where the minds of the future are molded. Or, in this case, where innocent pets are literally blown up. Because yes, dear readers, at the EDUCEM University of Pénjamo (Guanajuato, Mexico) it seems that they confused “studying crime” with “practicing it live and direct”. Who needs books when you have fireworks and an unsuspecting cat?
The “academic experiment” that nobody asked for
It all started when some future criminologists (or future prisoners, who knows) decided that the best way to understand violence was… to practice it. In videos released by the Gaticos Civil Association, you can see how a poor kitten goes from being calmly on the ground to becoming a pyrotechnic projectile. Smoke, explosions, and the last straw: a young boy in a robe (because nothing says “scientific rigor” like an explosion of colors). The icing on the cake: the message that accompanied the video: “Either we turn out to be good criminals or good criminologists HAHAHA”. Because nothing shows your aptitude for justice like laughing at animal suffering, right?
In case anyone doubted it: the cat died. But don’t worry, this will probably count as “field research” on your resume.
The authorities react (sooner rather than later)
After the scandal on networks (because of course, in the middle of 2025, it seems that we only act when something goes viral), the Secretary of Government of Guanajuato, Jorge Jiménez Lona, announced that the Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation. “It will not go unpunished,” he said. Which is comforting, considering that in this country sometimes even drug traffickers are on the loose. Of course, he asked citizens to “stop violence against animals.” Because obviously, without his call, we were all going to go out and explode pets with rockets this weekend.
Meanwhile, at EDUCEM they are surely preparing their next workshop: “How to disguise cruelty as academic methodology”. Because if this case taught us anything, it is that some urgently need ethics classes… and others, directly a cell.
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