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Members of Mexico’s Gen Z, as well as older protesters, demonstrated on Saturday in the wake of a high-profile assassination and rising anger over persistent violence.
Thousands of young people marched in Mexico City on Saturday in a nationwide protest against violence and corruption. The demonstration ended with riots in the Zócalo: 20 civilians and more than 100 police officers were injured,
During her entire sum-odd 180-mile journey, Wilson avoided virtually all traffic. She reached the border in just two hours, leaving authorities in the dust as she absconded into Mexico.
A Long Beach man is accused by authorities of killing a Long Beach woman he was involved with during an argument and then taking her body to Mexico. Police said the two were in a dating relationship, while a GoFundMe identified the suspect as the father of the women’s five children, ranging in age from 16 to 26.
A 29-year-old Simi Valley resident who was residing in the sober living home where the van was stolen from faces felony unlawful taking of a vehicle and felony evading of a peace officer with reckless disregard for public safety.
The demonstration was first called by Generation Z, but opposition parties later urged supporters to join, bringing out more government critics than young people.
About 17,000 protesters marched through Mexico City to rally against organized crime on Saturday, November 15, following the fatal shooting of a mayor earlier this month, local media reported.Footage captured by Max Kaiser shows demonstrators swarming the capital while chanting and carrying signs.
Other marches took place in various cities across Mexico, including in the western state of Michoacan, where anger has flared over the murder on November 1 of Uruapan Mayor Carlos