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Mexico City Opens Cases After Violent ‘Generation Z’ March, Michoacán Steps Up Security

Prosecutors and internal affairs have launched cases to establish responsibility for the clashes, including potential police misuse of force.

Overview

  • City officials reported 29 people placed before the public prosecutor and 41 sent to a civic judge, with 84 police injured and 11 still hospitalized after the Nov. 15 confrontations.
  • The Mexico City prosecutor’s office opened criminal files that include attempted homicide, injuries, robbery and property damage, with 77 complaints registered and four civilians reporting assaults.
  • The police chief said Internal Affairs is reviewing recordings from 18 incidents for possible protocol violations and excessive force, including cases involving journalists, with implicated officers set to be suspended during the probes.
  • Mayor Clara Brugada blamed businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego and opposition figures for promoting the march, asserted attendance was about 17,000, and said police used extinguisher smoke rather than tear gas as competing narratives about organizers and conduct persisted.
  • In Michoacán, authorities said two presumed criminals were killed in a security operation that triggered vehicle burnings and road blockades, prompting deployments of federal forces and accompanying leadership changes and consultations under a state–federal security plan.