Overview
- Mexico City officials reported 40 detentions and 120 injured, mostly police, after the Gen Z march, while Internal Affairs opened 18 inquiries and the local prosecutor’s office launched 77 criminal investigations.
- Families and lawyers allege detainees were beaten and held incommunicado, with some facing charges that include attempted homicide and robbery with violence.
- Mexico City head of government Clara Brugada blamed businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego and opposition actors for stoking the mobilization, said about 17,000 attended, and denied the use of tear gas.
- In Michoacán, an operation to capture a priority target left two presumed suspects dead and set off vehicle burnings and roadblocks across multiple municipalities; a new state security chief, José Cruz Medina, has taken office as federal forces report arrests and seizures under Plan Michoacán.
- Jalisco authorities said 44 people were detained after damage to the state capitol, Congress and public property in Guadalajara, with 40 adults transferred to the Puente Grande complex to face charges related to damage to protected buildings.