Overview
- Mexico City head Clara Brugada accused Ricardo Salinas Pliego of instigating violence and orchestrating the Nov. 15 protest labeled Generación Z.
- Police Internal Affairs is reviewing 18 recorded incidents for possible protocol violations and excessive force, opening the same number of administrative probes.
- The city attorney general reported 77 complaints filed by officers and four by citizens, including cases of attempted homicide and alleged assaults on journalists.
- Salinas denounced what he called brutal repression, alleged government complicity with organized crime and illicit enrichment, and framed the march as a legitimate public outcry.
- Authorities said about 17,000 people attended, denied using tear gas or crowd-control weapons, and attributed visible smoke to protesters’ devices and police extinguishers, while a media review accused Salinas-linked outlets of spreading false claims and recycled images.