protest against the president claudia sheinbaum This Saturday ended with serious consequences Incidents and conflicts with police In Mexico City. called by phone “Generation Z”conflicts with the president who appeals for peace.
Despite the name of the organization, this call received responses from thousands of people spanning several generations. It all ended with a riot in the capital’s Zocalo, in front of the gates of the National Palace, the headquarters of the executive branch.
The tour began at Independence Monument as a peaceful march and ended at the nation’s largest square. “black block” Demonstrators used hammers and stones to knock down the fence protecting the Capitol, causing it to collapse.
This led to clashes between the group and the Metropolitan Police, who fired tear gas.
Media reports said paramedics arrived at the scene to provide treatment. 20 people were injured in the attack.
The national protests of “Gen Z” in Mexico were not characterized by age, as happened in other parts of the world, but by a call to “not forget” the victims of violence. This problem comes despite the regime change Mexico experienced in 2018 with the inauguration of former President López Obrador, whom Sheinbaum will succeed.
The call was a wake-up call for students, farmers, opposition politicians, and citizens born in Michoacan, such as Christian, who told the EFE agency that the violence in his region had ended and that the November 1 killing of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo (1985-2025) was proof of that.
“That’s cynical on the part of politicians. I think if politicians really acknowledged that there is a problem with violence, it would be easier to deal with it,” he declared, after defining himself as a “nonpartisan” and saying that “no one gave him a dime” for participating in the march.
The clarification came after Sheinbaum linked the self-proclaimed group “Gen Z Mexico” as part of a movement against the National Renewal Movement (Morena), the ruling party of Mexico’s president.
The president directly pointed out Opposed to the existence of “chapchados” He let it slip and caused a riot.
“They violently removed some fences and broke windows. We say no to violence. If you disagree, you must demonstrate peacefully. Never use violence for change. Always through peaceful means,” the Mexican president said during a visit to the city of Jonuta in Tabasco state.
Sheinbaum also said that “a very small number of young people” marched in the demonstrations he called for across the country on social networks, and there were thousands of participants criticizing his government.
“It is said that young people marched, but in reality the number of young people was very small,” the president told a press conference on Friday morning, commenting that the mobilization was related to political opposition to the government and his ruling party, the National Renewal Movement (Morena).
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