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CNTE Launches 48-Hour National Strike as Clashes at National Palace Barricades Close Metro Stops

The dissident teachers press to scrap the ISSSTE 2007 pension law plus recent education reforms, with a plantón moving to the Chamber of Deputies.

Overview

  • Before dawn, CNTE contingents massed at the Zócalo and tried to push down metal fences on Moneda and Correo Mayor, prompting police to reinforce perimeters and use dispersal measures.
  • After the standoff near the National Palace, marchers headed to San Lázaro and began a camp-in outside the Chamber of Deputies that organizers say will continue through Friday.
  • Mexico City’s Metro shut Zócalo-Tenochtitlán, Allende and Pino Suárez stations for security, and authorities reported extensive traffic closures across the historic center.
  • Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez renewed calls for peaceful dialogue, while President Claudia Sheinbaum questioned the protest’s necessity and cited ongoing talks and limits on scrapping the pension law.
  • Sections coordinated actions in several states, including mass takeovers of municipal palaces in Michoacán and planned toll-booth liberations, as CNTE leaders rejected federal offers and threatened to escalate if unmet.