Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the masked groups involved in the so‑called Generation Z march do not belong to Morena and asserted that few young people participated compared with many adult opposition figures.
- She accused businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego of promoting the mobilization and cited an opposition push worth about 90 million pesos, noting amplification by foreign social media accounts as part of her allegations.
- During her briefing, Sheinbaum showed video of demonstrators dragging and beating a police officer and argued the intent was to provoke a forceful response to portray the government as repressive.
- She requested that the Mexico City prosecutor investigate the identities and financing of violent groups and review whether any police officers broke discipline during the operation.
- The Mexico City prosecutor has filed attempted homicide charges against five detainees—Luis Fernando Caballero Escobar, Alberto González Mancilla, Fernando Escobar Herrera, Federico Orozco Torres and Perla Verónica Bernal Galván—according to press reports.