Rodrigo Mondragón, Cruz Azul fan, died after being detained in the CU parking lot over the weekend: what happened? There are versions found. The CdMx Prosecutor’s Office is already investigating.
Mexico City, October 27 (However).– The death of Rodrigo Mondragonand regular fan of the Blue Crossafter his arrest in parking lot of University City Last Saturday, he opened a series of doubts about what happened to the man, since there is versions found between the authorities and their friends and familywhile the Prosecutor’s Office capital investiga.
According to a person close to Rodrigo Mondragón, around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, security elements from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) would have beaten and violently detained the Cruz Azul fan “who was loaded alive into an official van.” “From that moment on, nothing was heard from him again,” he said.
“When family and friends arrived at the scene to request information, neither the UNAM security personnel nor the elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC-Cdmx) who were in the area provided truthful information. (…) During those hours, family and friends were calling Locatel, hospitals and Public Ministries in search of information about Rodrigo Mondragón, without obtaining any response,” he explained.
ℹ️ La #DGAPSU informa: pic.twitter.com/ZEN0AAvwNA
— UNAM Civil Protection (@PCUNAM) October 26, 2025
The search for Rodrigo Mondragón by family and friends lasted approximately six hours, throughout the early hours of Sunday, October 26. His family and friends demanded with a demonstration in front of the headquarters of the capital’s Prosecutor’s Office of Azcapotzalco justice for “Monky”, as the Cruz Azul fan was known.
The UNAM Civil Protection Directorate issued a statement on Sunday morning, stating that at the end of the match between Cruz Azul and Monterrey at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario, when the people remaining in the parking lots of the sports venue were being removed, “a person in an apparent state of intoxication verbally and physically attacked the stadium security personnel, violently impeding their work.”
“The person managed to be subdued by said security elements for delivery to the authorities. During the journey of his transfer, he fainted, so the support of paramedics was immediately requested to provide the corresponding medical attention. Despite the efforts to revive him, unfortunately, the absence of vital signs was determined,” he said.
Given this situation, he requested the support of personnel from the Secretariat of Citizen Security and the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City, to initiate the corresponding investigations and define responsibilities of the personnel who were involved in the events.
“Currently, four people are being investigated before the Public Ministry and all the evidence available will be provided to clarify what happened,” he concluded. According to local media, the four people identified are security guards belonging to UNAM’s own Civil Protection.
But the family and friends of Rodrigo Mondragón also denounce a cover-up, since this situation occurred around midnight on Saturday and the authorities confirmed his death to them on Sunday morning; They report that for several hours they avoided giving information about what was happening and he was never presented at a hospital.
Liga MX washes its hands
The Liga Mx organization washed its hands this Sunday by pointing out that it did not receive any report of the case, and Cruz Azul disclaimed responsibility for the operation this Monday, but the club committed to “review the protocols for the benefit of the fans.”
The LIGA BBVA MX reports: pic.twitter.com/j2JVIQJDfe
— Liga BBVA MX (@LigaBBVAMX) October 27, 2025
On Sunday, the Liga Mx mourned the death of the Cruz Azul fan and stated that the match ended at 11:10 p.m. on Saturday. “At 11:28 p.m. the stadium was completely cleared and at 11:45 p.m. the post-match security meeting was held with all the authorities participating in the operation, where no incident was reported.”
“At 24:00 [00:00 horas] The Monterrey Club bus was removed and, finally, the Commissioners left the stadium at 12:20 a.m. without being aware of the unfortunate event in question,” he reiterated in a statement. “Violence is unacceptable on and off the field,” he stated.
Official statement. pic.twitter.com/a2PYxphij5
— CRUZ AZUL (@CruzAzul) October 27, 2025
For its part, the Cruz Azul Club issued its own message this Monday. “The Institution accompanies the family and friends of the fan Rodrigo Mondragón and calls on the authorities to quickly clarify the facts,” he said on his social networks.
“Additionally, and despite the fact that this event occurred outside the stadium [de CU] and these operations are not part of the Club’s responsibilities, CF Cruz Azul is committed to maintaining the constant preventive review of the protocols for the benefit of the fans, always within the scope of its own powers and with the best willingness to collaborate with the authorities of the University and Mexico City,” he added.