{"id":265591,"date":"2025-11-16T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265591\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T06:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:30:07","slug":"gen-z-protests-against-mexico-president-turn-violent-amid-anger-over-mayors-death-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265591\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z protests against Mexico president turn violent amid anger over mayor\u2019s death | Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 120 people, mostly police officers, were injured as thousands marched through Mexico City to protest against the government of Mexico\u2019s president, Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The demonstration on Saturday was organised by members of generation Z, but ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor many hours, this mobilisation proceeded and developed peacefully, until a group of hooded individuals began to commit acts of violence,\u201d said Pablo V\u00e1zquez, the security chief for Mexico<\/a> City.<\/p>\n

He reported that 100 police officers were injured, of whom 40 required hospital treatment for bruises and cuts, while 20 protesters were hurt.<\/p>\n

Sheinbaum, in power since October 2024, maintains approval ratings above 70% but has faced criticism of her security policy due to several high-profile murders.<\/p>\n

Many of the protesters held banners and wore hats saluting Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodr\u00edguez, the mayor of Uruapan in Michoacan state who was assassinated on 1 November<\/a> having led a crusade against drug trafficking gangs in his town.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was killed because he was a man who was sending officers into the mountains to fight delinquents,\u201d said 65-year-old real estate agent Rosa Maria Avila, who had travelled from Michoacan state. \u201cHe had the guts to confront them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need more security,\u201d said Andres Massa, a 29-year-old business consultant who carried the pirate skull flag that has become a global symbol of gen Z protests.<\/p>\n

Many of the demonstrators waved flags with the pirate skull symbol associated with recent gen Z protests. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Protesters gathered in front of the National Palace, where Sheinbaum lives and works, and knocked down some of the metal fences around the building.<\/p>\n

Police protecting the compound used teargas and fire extinguishers to contain the protesters, who were banging on the fences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how you should have protected Carlos Manzo,\u201d some of the protesters shouted at the security forces.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of young people threw projectiles at the police, who responded by deploying their shields and also threw objects at the protesters.<\/p>\n

In the days leading up to Saturday\u2019s protest, Sheinbaum accused rightwing parties of trying to infiltrate the gen Z movement, and of using bots on social media to try to increase attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a movement promoted from abroad against the government,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

With Agence France-Presse and Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least 120 people, mostly police officers, were injured as thousands marched through Mexico City to protest against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-265591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}