Overview

• Trade representatives estimate roughly 600 million pesos in theft and damage in the Juárez–Madero corridor and Centro Joyero, with gold shops hardest hit.
• Merchants report about 300 million pesos in lost sales after roughly 5,000 Historic Center businesses shuttered during the violence.
• Encapuchados broke display cases and took gold and diamond jewelry and high-end watches from dozens of shops, with some stores left nearly emptied.
• At least 15 criminal complaints were filed with the Mexico City prosecutor’s office as damaged blocks around the Zócalo remained cordoned and under guard.
• Shopkeepers accuse police of failing to stop the pillage and urge tougher protocols and a ban on masked demonstrators; authorities reported one detention linked to the vandalism.