A “Generation Z” march held on Saturday (11/15/2025) in Mexico City left 20 civilians and more than 100 police officers injured, as well as around twenty people detained, after a confrontation between the authorities and hooded elements at the doors of the National Palace, headquarters of the Executive.
The Secretary of Citizen Security of the capital, Pablo Vázquez, reported at a press conference that the arrested people were presented to the Public Ministry after provoking “violent acts” during the demonstration in the capital’s main square, and that another 20 are being referred for “administrative offenses.”
“We are working on identifying all the people who committed acts constituting a crime in the demonstration, and starting the corresponding investigation files in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City,” Vázquez explained.
He indicated that 60 injured uniformed personnel received care at the site and 40 were transferred to hospitals, 36 of them for bruises, cuts and minor injuries and four who receive specialized care for trauma, which does not put their lives at risk.
The demonstration against Claudia Sheinbaum‘s government was called through social networks by representatives of the so-called “generation Z” (under 28 years of age).
Several of those attending the march, which traveled through important avenues in the center of the capital, wore hats like the one made famous by Carlos Manzo, mayor of the city of Uruapan, state of Michoacán (west), murdered on November 1 and who gained fame by pursuing criminals in person, aboard patrol cars and even by helicopter.
Sheinbaum: march promoted “from abroad”
Banners with messages such as “We are all Carlos Manzo” were displayed alongside the emblematic pirate flag from the Japanese manga One Piece, which has become a symbol of global youth protest.
The attendees arrived in front of the National Palace of Mexico, where Sheinbaum lives, and tore down some of the metal fences that protected the building, located in the Zócalo, the most important public square in the country.
Sheinbaum questioned the calls for this mobilization on Thursday and said in his usual morning press conference that the call was “inorganic” and “paid.” Furthermore, he assured that “it is an impulse, promoted even from abroad, against the government.”
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