Overview
- Before dawn Thursday, contingents tried to pull down metal barricades around Palacio Nacional, prompting a heavy police deployment and closures across the historic center.
- Teachers began a march from the Zócalo to the Chamber of Deputies and set up a plantón near San Lázaro that they plan to maintain through Friday.
- Mexico City’s Metro shut Zócalo-Tenochtitlán, Allende and Pino Suárez stations for safety, creating significant delays for commuters.
- CNTE demands include abrogation of the ISSSTE law and recent education reforms, reinstatement of national negotiation tables, and pension and labor remedies.
- The Interior Ministry reiterated its call to dialogue and cited prior meetings and measures, while state sections expanded actions nationwide, including municipal takeovers in Michoacán and planned tollbooth ‘liberations’ and blockades.