Overview
- Large demonstrations on November 15 in Mexico City and other cities were convened by young people and centered on insecurity, with many citing the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo alongside broader grievances over corruption and limited opportunities.
- Civil society commentators and outlets condemned the police response in Mexico City and Guadalajara as repressive, raising free-expression and public-safety concerns.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum argued that portraying youth as broadly against her government is a strategy by opposition figures to generate confrontation and destabilization.
- Deputies in the Mexico City Congress announced the creation of an investigative commission to clarify who was responsible for the violent incidents tied to the march.
- Accounts of organized violent infiltrators and high injury totals were advanced in an opinion column and remain disputed, while analysts also noted that opposition parties and public figures sought to capitalize on the protests.