US EditionMexico Sees Mass Protests As Clashes Injure 120
Protesters honored an assassinated mayor and condemned rising crime, with police firing tear gas and arresting 20 amid clashes injuring 120, mostly officers.
- On Saturday in Mexico City, thousands of mostly Gen Z protesters dismantled barriers around the National Palace, prompting police to fire tear gas and injuring at least 120 people, mostly officers.
- They honoured the slain Uruapan mayor who had urged tougher cartel action earlier this month, while protesters denounced rising crime and President Claudia Sheinbaum's security strategy as she warned right‑wing politicians and online bots fueled the marches.
- Thousands of marchers carried protest symbols including signs saying `We are all Carlos Manzo` and the skull flag, while supporters wore straw hats for recently killed Michoacan Mayor Carlos Manzo, though some Gen Z social‑media influencers withdrew support.
- Authorities reported that about 20 people were arrested during the protests, while President Claudia Sheinbaum still enjoys approval ratings north of 70%.
- In a wider trend this year, Gen Z activists have pushed back across countries, with many young Mexicans frustrated by corruption and impunity, while observers question if any leader can calm this unrest without sparking more turmoil.
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Thousands protest in Mexico as clashes injure 120 people
At least 120 people — including 100 police officers — were injured during clashes in anti-government protests in Mexico City on Saturday, according to police.Thousands of demonstrators marched in the capital to denounce violent crime and the administration
The authorities seized stones, sticks, hammers, chains and parts of colanders that the aggressors broke in the square of the Zócalo
Gen Z protesters in Mexico demand justice for murdered mayor
Officials in Mexico say at least 120 people, most of them police officers, have been injured after a large anti-government protest in Mexico City turned violent. The clashes erupted as thousands of Gen-Z demonstrators voiced their anger over the killing of an anti-crime mayor earlier this month.
At least 120 people, 100 of them police officers, have been injured in clashes during the anti-government protests in Mexico City, the police said.The breakdown confirmed by Mexico City's Secretary of Citizen Security, Pablo Vázquez, indicates that the demonstrations left a balance of 20 civilians and more than 100 police officers injured, as well as 40 detainees. Of the wounded uniforms, 60 were taken to the site and 40 were taken to hospitals,…
At least 120 people have been injured after violent protests in Mexico. The demonstrators want a tougher crackdown on the cartels. President Claudia Sheinbaum believes that the protests are being financed by her opponents on the far right, writes the BBC.
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