President Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a>\u00a0lives and works.<\/p>\nSeveral protesters, some wearing balaclavas, toppled the metal barriers protecting the palace and threw paving stones at riot police, who responded with tear gas, according to AFP journalists.<\/p>\n
“For many hours, this mobilisation proceeded and developed peacefully, until a group of hooded individuals began to commit acts of violence,” Pablo Vazquez, Mexico City’s security chief, told reporters.<\/p>\n
Twenty protestors and 100 police were injured, with 40 officers hospitalised for cuts and bruises, he added.<\/p>\n
Police arrested 20 people for theft and assault, Vazquez said, and had also launched an investigation into the assault of a journalist from La Jornada newspaper, which alleged police officers were behind the incident.<\/p>\n
Inspired by murdered mayor<\/h3>\n
Sheinbaum, in power since October 2024, maintained approval ratings above 70 percent in her first year in office but faced growing criticism of her security policies in the wake of several high-profile murders.<\/p>\n
“This is one of the most corrupt governments we’ve ever had,” said Valentina Ramirez, a student interviewed by AFP. “It’s a corrupt narco-government that wants to defend the corrupt and the cartels instead of the people.”<\/p>\n
On Saturday, several protesters wore sombreros similar to the style of hat made famous by Carlos Manzo, a mayor in western Michoacan state who was assassinated on 1 November. He had been known for his crusade against drug-trafficking gangs in his hometown Uruapan.<\/p>\n
The assassinated mayor’s widow, however, distanced her husband’s movement from the demonstration on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Bernardo Bravo, a leader of lime producers in the same region, had also been shot dead in late October.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Sheinbaum questioned the motivations for the demonstration and said at her regular morning news conference that the protest was “inorganic” and “paid for.”<\/p>\n
“It is a movement promoted from abroad against the government,” she said.<\/p>\n
Demonstrators displayed banners bearing messages such as “We are all Carlos Manzo” alongside the iconic pirate flag from the Japanese manga One Piece, which has become a symbol of youth protest around the world, from Madagascar to the Philippines and Peru.<\/p>\n
“You should have protected Carlos Manzo like this!” some protesters shouted at security forces, who responded with fire extinguishers and tear gas.<\/p>\n
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