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several thousand people took to the streets Mexico City A demonstration was organized on Saturday by members of Generation Z to protest crime, corruption and impunity, but which ended with strong support from old supporters of the opposition parties.
The demonstration was mostly peaceful but ended after some youths clashed with police. the protesters Attacked police with stones, fireworks, sticks and chains, snatched police shields and other equipment.
Pablo Vázquez, Secretary of Security of the Capital. It was said that 120 people were injured, 100 of whom were police officers. Twenty people were arrested.
In many countries this year, members of the demographic group born between the late 1990s and early 2010s have organized protests against inequality, democratic decline and corruption.
The largest “Gen Z” protests broke out in Nepal in September after a ban on social media led to the resignation of that country’s prime minister. 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 held the pirate skull flag that has become a global symbol. Gen Z Oppose.
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 through 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.”