11.   The university is reeling from five years of budget cuts, fee hikes and periodic financial scandals involving top executives.

12.   In November, de la Fuente replaced Francisco Barnes de Castro, the rector who had backed the fee hike and had been unable to resolve the strike.

13.   Though authorities dropped the fee hike, the demands grew to include automatic admission for UNAM prep school graduates and relaxation of academic levels.

14.   But students, who are also protesting tuition fee hikes, blamed his death on excessive force by riot police.