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Thousands of people demonstrated against crime, corruption and impunity in Mexico City on Saturday, led by Generation Z activists.
The demonstration, while largely peaceful, concluded with youth participants clashing with police, who were attacked with stones, fireworks, sticks and chains.
The capital’s security secretary, Pablo Vazquez, confirmed 120 injuries and 20 arrests, including 100 police officers.
this mirror A global trend by Generation Z to organize protests This year against inequality, democratic decline and corruption.
The largest “Gen Z” protest took place in Nepal in September After the ban on social media, and Due to which the Prime Minister of that country had to resign,
In Mexico, many youth say they are frustrated by systemic problems such as corruption and impunity for violent crimes.
“We need more security,” said Andres Massa, a 29-year-old business consultant, who carried a pirate skull flag that has become a global symbol of Gen Z protests.
Elderly participants also participated in the demonstration.
Erizbeth Garcia, a 43-year-old physician who joined the protest, said she was marching for more funding and better security for the public health system because doctors are also “exposed to the insecurity that runs rampant in the country, where you can be murdered and nothing happens.”
mexican president claudia sheinbaum Its approval ratings are still high despite recent high-profile murders, including the killing of a popular mayor in the western state of Michoacan.
In the days before Saturday’s protests, Sheinbaum accused right-wing parties of trying to infiltrate the Gen Z movement and using bots on social media to try to increase attendance.
This week some “Gen Z” social media influencers said they no longer support Saturday’s protests. While elderly personalities like former President Vicente FoxAnd Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego published messages in support of the protests.
Saturday’s march was attended by people of all ages, including supporters of recently assassinated Michoacán Mayor Carlos Manzo, who joined the protest wearing straw hats, the symbol of his political movement.
“The state is dying,” said Rosa María Avila, a 65-year-old real estate agent who came from the city of Pátzcuaro in Michoacán state.
Of Manzo he said, “He was killed because he was a man who was sending officers into the mountains to fight criminals. He had the courage to stand up to them.”