Mexico City. Nearly a hundred protesters, participating in the second march of the Generation Z call, advanced from the Angel of Independence to the corner of 5 de Mayo and Palma, where a fence made up of elements of the CDMX Citizen Security Secretariat prevented their passage.
Initially, the mobilization only managed to advance along Paseo de la Reforma to the Amajac Glorieta, where elements of Citizen Security closed the advance.
While they remained in the Glorieta of the women who fight, some of the protesters sang the National Anthem, while others reproached the police for blocking their way.
A woman who said she came to defend her children claimed that “if we had a government like Bukele’s there would be medicine here,” in reference to the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Another woman showed a banner that said “SOS USA” and with a message in English asking for “help” from the United States.
However, at this moment the parade continues on the occasion of November 20, right at the intersection of Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida Juárez.
After remaining there for almost two hours, around 1:30 in the afternoon, the police elements carrying out the blockade stepped aside. Immediately the contingent continued on its way towards the Zócalo.
As they passed through the Alameda and the Palace of Fine Arts, hundreds of people who were in the downtown area of the city watched them from the sides.
And after arriving at 5 de Mayo Street, on the corner with Palma, one block from the Zócalo plateau, police officers blocked their path again.
With shouts of “Long live Mexico!” and slogans against Morena, the hundred protesters demand freedom and the right to advance to the Zócalo plateau.
Photo Germán Canseco
The mobilization passed calmly and was mainly made up of adults and elderly people, who have identified themselves as “parents” of Generation Z. The attendance of media and street vendors has been notable, doubling the number of those attending the mobilization.
The march began at the Angel of Independence with barely twenty protesters, who assured that the lack of attendees is due to the fact that “people are working.” The protesters began their advance surrounded by almost a hundred media representatives.
The lack of protesters did not prevent a dozen vendors from arriving on time at the event, offering flags with the image of the manga One Piece, hats with black bows, and Mexican flags with the face of Carlos Manzo.
Meanwhile, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) there was no concentration.
Although they called at 9 in the morning at the mural of the Central Library, absolutely no one arrived, which showed that students from this university did not organize this protest.
The media arrived at 8:30 in the morning, waiting for the arrival of the protesters, but until 11:00 no group gathered.
The closure of roads due to the commemoration of November 20 and the call for generation Z to march, caused the closure of roads and Metro stations.
On Paseo de la Reforma, the Garibaldi station and the Metrobús line 7 stations from Glorieta Violeta remained closed.
In the Metro transportation system, the stations of five lines closed: Zócalo, Allende, Pino Suárez, Hidalgo and Revolución.
In the case of Metrobús, the stations remain closed: Buenavista to Moctezuma. North route and south route are cancelled. Service from San Lázaro to Alameda Oriente Hidalgo to Alameda Tacubaya.
In addition to the service from Mina to Balderas, service from Tenayuca to Buenavista and Cuauhtémoc to Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac, without service on the Indios Verdes route. And Plaza de la República to Mercado Sonora Sur.
According to the protesters, who informed the rest with the help of a megaphone, personnel from the capital’s government approached them to explain that there would be access to the Zócalo plateau for six hours, after which they began to leave.
However, a group ran to try to enter the Madero walkway, but they ran into another group of uniformed men. After raising some slogans again, they finally left shortly before three in the afternoon.
