High school senior denied diploma after wearing Mexican flag over gown

Adolfo Hurtado was filming his cousin, Ever Lopez, during the ceremony, watching him walk down the stage at Asheboro High School wearing a Mexican flag draped over his gown, when he appeared to get stopped by a faculty member. Lopez was seen initially taking off the flag but kept it on after audience members encouraged him to do so, Hurtado said in the video. The ceremony was also livestreamed on Asheboro City School's Facebook account. "Sadly, he did not get the diploma. The teacher wants him to apologize — obviously he's not going to do that," Hurtado said in a separate video afterward.