Protest against govt over crime, corruption in Mexico City

Several thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City to protest crime, corruption and impunity in a demonstration organized by members of Generation Z, which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties. The demonstration was mostly peaceful but ended with some young people clashing with the police. Protesters attacked police with stones, fireworks, sticks and chains, grabbing police shields and other equipment. The capital's security secretary, Pablo Vázquez. said 120 people were injured, 100 of them police officers. Twenty people were arrested on Saturday.Many young people during the protest said they are frustrated with systemic problems like corruption and impunity for violent crimes as Gen Z youth groups organised a massive rally in the Mexico City amid a series of killings in the country.

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“We need more security” said Andres Massa, a 29-year-old business consultant who carried the pirate skull flag that has become a global symbol of Gen Z protests. Arizbeth Garcia, a 43-year-old physician who joined the protests said she was marching for more funding for the public health system, and for better security because doctors “are also exposed to the insecurity gripping the country, where you can be murdered and nothing happens.”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum still has high approval ratings despite a recent spate of high profile murders that includes the assassination of a popular mayor Carlos Manzo in the western state of Michoacan,  who had called for an action against drug cartels in the country. Sheinbaum accused right-wing parties of trying to infiltrate the Gen Z movement, and of using bots on social media to try to increase attendance.