International Are things heating up in Mexico?

nhbbear said:
This is a good thing to protest about. Who wouldn’t get sick of seeing people hanging from bridge overpasses on your way to work? Cartels are ridiculously brutal and torture people and their families for not playing ball with them. They murder officials and cops that they can’t buy off and are basically untouchable there. The government needs to get their heads out of their collective asses and so something about the cartel violence.
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Dude, we already know you want an authoritarian state. Don't smear your screen.
 
Flower2dPeople said:
When you're forced to side with the cartel because someone made sense.
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This is a weak rebuttal. I don't side with the cartel. I don't want civil rights to be trampled.

If I want Constitutional rights I guess I am for the cartels.

See that choice? It's not even a choice on the table.
 
Bobby00 said:
I wish them well but the odds are stacked against them. Fuck the cartel and the corrupt government of Mexico.
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Yes and also add the corrupt American government that’s hiding the Epstein files!
 
BROWNPRIDE said:
Yes and also add the corrupt American government that’s hiding the Epstein files!
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I dont think that has any bearing on Mexico situation. Is Mexico not important enough to have a topic on its own without talking about the US?
 
Mexico is experiencing a new wave of civil unrest driven largely by a youth movement organizing under the banner “Generación Z México.” Protests erupted nationwide after the November 1 assassination of Uruapan’s anti-cartel mayor, Carlos Alberto Manzo, who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacán, a state long battered by cartel extortion and turf wars. Demonstrators are denouncing not just that killing but a broader pattern of rampant criminal violence, impunity, and entrenched government corruption, arguing that President Claudia Sheinbaum’s security policies have failed to protect ordinary people or local officials.

The most dramatic scenes have unfolded in Mexico City and other major cities, where thousands have marched toward the Zócalo and the National Palace. A confrontational minority of mostly masked protesters tore down metal barricades around the president’s residence, leading riot police to deploy tear gas and sparking street battles in which officers were dragged, beaten, and stripped of shields in chaotic clashes. Authorities report roughly 120 people injured nationwide in the latest demonstrations—about 100 of them police, with 40 hospitalized—and around 20 arrests, plus additional administrative detentions. The protests are strongly influenced by Gen Z online culture: they were organized largely through TikTok and other social platforms, and some marchers carried anime imagery such as “One Piece” flags as symbols of youth resistance to violence and corruption.

President Sheinbaum has condemned both the mayor’s killing and the violence at the marches while rolling out a new security package: nearly 1,000 additional troops for Michoacán (bringing federal forces there to over 10,000) and billions of pesos in promised social and infrastructure spending aimed at tackling the roots of crime. Critics, however, say this looks like a continuation of long-standing militarized strategies that have not reduced cartel power, and they argue that real change requires confronting impunity and corruption within state institutions themselves. The government has also tried to cast doubt on the movement’s spontaneity, suggesting that right-wing opponents and social media “bots” are amplifying it, even as analysts frame the unrest as part of broader youth-led disillusionment with insecurity and governance in Mexico. Parallel mobilizations—such as militant teachers’ union actions and other sectoral protests—add to a sense of mounting social pressure on the relatively new administration as it struggles to restore public trust and stability.
 
joy2day said:
Mexico is experiencing a new wave of civil unrest driven largely by a youth movement organizing under the banner “Generación Z México.” Protests erupted nationwide after the November 1 assassination of Uruapan’s anti-cartel mayor, Carlos Alberto Manzo, who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacán, a state long battered by cartel extortion and turf wars. Demonstrators are denouncing not just that killing but a broader pattern of rampant criminal violence, impunity, and entrenched government corruption, arguing that President Claudia Sheinbaum’s security policies have failed to protect ordinary people or local officials.

The most dramatic scenes have unfolded in Mexico City and other major cities, where thousands have marched toward the Zócalo and the National Palace. A confrontational minority of mostly masked protesters tore down metal barricades around the president’s residence, leading riot police to deploy tear gas and sparking street battles in which officers were dragged, beaten, and stripped of shields in chaotic clashes. Authorities report roughly 120 people injured nationwide in the latest demonstrations—about 100 of them police, with 40 hospitalized—and around 20 arrests, plus additional administrative detentions. The protests are strongly influenced by Gen Z online culture: they were organized largely through TikTok and other social platforms, and some marchers carried anime imagery such as “One Piece” flags as symbols of youth resistance to violence and corruption.

President Sheinbaum has condemned both the mayor’s killing and the violence at the marches while rolling out a new security package: nearly 1,000 additional troops for Michoacán (bringing federal forces there to over 10,000) and billions of pesos in promised social and infrastructure spending aimed at tackling the roots of crime. Critics, however, say this looks like a continuation of long-standing militarized strategies that have not reduced cartel power, and they argue that real change requires confronting impunity and corruption within state institutions themselves. The government has also tried to cast doubt on the movement’s spontaneity, suggesting that right-wing opponents and social media “bots” are amplifying it, even as analysts frame the unrest as part of broader youth-led disillusionment with insecurity and governance in Mexico. Parallel mobilizations—such as militant teachers’ union actions and other sectoral protests—add to a sense of mounting social pressure on the relatively new administration as it struggles to restore public trust and stability.
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Tell us how you really feel.
 
nhbbear said:
This is a good thing to protest about. Who wouldn’t get sick of seeing people hanging from bridge overpasses on your way to work? Cartels are ridiculously brutal and torture people and their families for not playing ball with them. They murder officials and cops that they can’t buy off and are basically untouchable there. The government needs to get their heads out of their collective asses and so something about the cartel violence.
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I agree but what can they do? The army can't even properly stand up to the Cartels, they are that powerful and that cunning.
 
Crazy Source said:
This is a weak rebuttal. I don't side with the cartel. I don't want civil rights to be trampled.

If I want Constitutional rights I guess I am for the cartels.

See that choice? It's not even a choice on the table.
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He should be more clever and say things like "don't smear your screen".

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cottagecheesefan said:
I saw a number of people, including Alex Jones posting about a large protest today. Does this have any actual teeth or just fake news by Alex Jones and such?

Seems if the presidential palace was being swarmed, they would open fire, especially with law enforcement being attacked.







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Here's an elderly, elitist former president on the ground in a Luffy shirt.

Totally organic "Gen Z" protest.

LOL




Claudia Sheinbaum's approval rating has not fallen below 75%. The idea that there's an "organic" uprising blaming her for cartel violence that has been going on for decades when she's only been in office since last year is hilarious.




On the ground interviews, not a Gen Zer in sight. Just a bunch of bourgeois Abuelas angry that they have to pay taxes now.


 
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Video from an insider, boots on the ground.

 
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