Overview

• Thousands of vendors from over 300 public markets marched from the Hemiciclo a Juárez to the city Congress, blocking key roads including Avenida Patriotismo, Paseo de la Reforma and Insurgentes.
• The Movimiento Plural de Comerciantes de Mercados Públicos is organizing the actions to demand infrastructure improvements, economic support and respect for labor rights.
• Vendors criticized “abasto popular” programs run by elected officials, citing up to 500 tons of subsidized goods distributed weekly without sanitary oversight or tax contributions.
• City negotiators from the Subsecretaría de Concertación Política and other agencies are in talks to clear blockades on Calzada de Tlalpan and Avenida Cuauhtémoc.
• Protesters warned that traffic disruptions will continue and could expand to neighborhood tianguis if their demands remain unmet.