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Thousands of citizens march this Saturday in the central area of Mexico City to protest against insecurity and the Government of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
The demonstration, which starts from the column of the Angel of Independence towards the capital’s Zócalo, was called by some groups of young people from generation Z, who have been joined by people who are demonstrating for cases such as the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, which occurred on November 1.
Some of the most recurring slogans in the march are, so far, “Long live Carlos Manzo!”, “Claudia out!” and “Fuera Morena!”, the president’s party.
This week, Sheinbaum disqualified the call for this Saturday’s mobilization by ensuring that it is a “right-wing demonstration,” and said that it is “important” that we know how the movement emerged.
“We agree with freedom of expression, freedom of demonstration. If there are young people who have demands, I think it is very good that they demonstrate. Now, the issue here is who is promoting the demonstration. Maybe there are people who saw it on the networks and join because maybe (young people) do not agree with us, but it is very important that we know how the call for this mobilization was constructed,” said the president of Mexico on Thursday.
Sheinbaum stated that many of those promoting this march “have nothing to do with generation Z” and that “it is an impulse promoted even from abroad.”
In the morning, the Police of the Mexican capital estimated that about 5,000 protesters would attend the protest, which they called “March for Justice and Freedom!”
As the march advances towards the Zócalo, police officers accompany the contingent laterally.
During the first hour of the mobilization, the march has remained without incident and is advancing peacefully.
Pablo Vázquez, Secretary of Security of Mexico City, said that about 800 police officers are accompanying the march.
“They will only intervene as established by the Mexico City protocol. They will intervene if they detect people carrying objects suitable for attack, who they will approach and ask them to hand over said objects,” commented Vázquez in an interview with the local media Foro TV.
Before noon (local time), the first protesters arrived at the Zócalo square, where a flag from the One Piece manga was already lying in front of the National Palace, which has been the image that represents the generation Z movement in other parts of the world, including Latin America and Asia.
Some protesters hit the metal fences of the National Palace — which were placed before the march of teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) on Thursday — and set off firecrackers. However, there are few people who participate in these events; most of the attendees moved away from that area.
In other states there have also been mobilizations this Saturday, such as in Michoacán, Puebla, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Aguascalientes, Veracruz, Nuevo León, Coahuila.
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