Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Injuries have been reported after clashes between police and decentralized Gen Z movement protesters in Mexico City on Saturday as demonstrations took place in more than 50 cities across Mexico.
Thousands of protesters organized through the Gen Z movement, a broad pattern of increased political activism sweeping the globe, had rallied in Mexico City to protest against President Claudia Sheinbaum for how her government has handled corruption and violent crime across Mexico.
Sheinbaum, a left-wing progressive member of the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional party, remains popular among Mexican voters but political youth organizations have become increasingly angry with violence from highly armed cartels gripping the nation.
In particular, the protests came after Carlos Manzo, the popular mayor of Uruapan in the state of Michoacán, was assassinated earlier this month while with his family celebrating Day of the Dead.
Manzo had cracked down against organized crime and the cartels in Uruapan before his death.
