Across Mexico, people have been taking to the streets to protest cartel violence, and what they see as corruption in the country’s government.
The biggest so-called “Gen Z protest” was in Mexico City over the weekend, where thousands of protesters of all ages converged on the city’s center.
Many in Mexico want the government to do more to stop organized crime violence, after the brazen killing of a mayor in the state of Michoacán earlier this month.
The protests are some of the first calling out Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum since she took office a little over a year ago — although she maintains overall high approval ratings.
Officials in Mexico say at least 120 people were injured in the protests, most of them police officers.
Smaller protests happened around the country on Saturday, including in the Sonoran capital of Hermosillo.
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Mexican authorities have arrested a former Mexican governor accused of concealing evidence related to the case of 43 students who went missing in 2014. -
As summer temperatures have soared, so too have cases of dehydration and heatstroke in the Mexican state south of Arizona. -
The indictments against five alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel members come as the U.S. State Department offers more than $100 million worth of rewards for information. -
Mexico says it has arrested 31 people in connection with the killing of a mayor in the Mexican state of Michoacán that caused national outcry. -
Public officials and private citizens in the capital of the Mexican state of Sonora are planting native trees to try to cool down.
