Overview
- Demonstrations were called on social media under a Generation Z banner, though turnout spanned multiple age groups and included established government critics.
- Tensions escalated in Mexico City when protesters knocked down metal barriers at the National Palace, prompting riot police to deploy tear gas and fire extinguishers.
- Authorities reported 100 injured police officers, including 40 hospitalized, along with about 20 injured civilians, and said 20 people were arrested with 20 more referred for administrative offenses.
- Anger over the November 1 assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo fueled the marches, with symbols such as his trademark straw hats and a pirate-skull flag visible across the crowd.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum questioned the movement’s origins, alleging paid online promotion and bot activity, while organizers circulated a manifesto asserting a non-partisan youth outcry against violence and corruption.