Overview
- Student-led marches converged on Morelia’s Palacio de Gobierno after setting out from Plaza Morelos and Calzada La Huerta, where clashes erupted and officers deployed tear gas and rubber bullets.
- Authorities reported multiple detentions and damage to the Palacio de Gobierno and the local Congress building, with security reinforced across the city center.
- In Uruapan, universities suspended classes as students marched in white and rural communities staged roadblocks, including an intermittent closure near Angahuan.
- Journalists reported threats linked to the unrest, and reporter Dalia Villegas alleged Guardia Civil agents assaulted her and forced the deletion of reporting material, prompting calls for official protection.
- Political figures split over the response as the governor endorsed the protests’ legitimacy, local lawmakers urged unity, Morena’s Ricardo Monreal decried online attacks on the president, and opposition leaders faulted federal and state security and pressed for accountability.