Sheinbaum blames opposition for funding violent protest: Monday’s mañanera recapped

The main absorption of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Monday greeting property league was the protestation against insecurity and corruption that took spot successful Mexico City connected Saturday.

While the march from the Angel of Independence monument to the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main square, was mostly peaceful, the protestation turned convulsive successful the Zócalo erstwhile a alleged “black bloc” of protesters tore down portion of a obstruction protecting the National Palace and attacked constabulary officers, 100 of whom were injured, according to authorities.

Mass protestation against insecurity and the Morena enactment turns convulsive successful Mexico City

Anti-government and anti-Morena sentiment was connected salient show during the march, with immoderate protesters adjacent calling for Sheinbaum to resign.

A large catalyst for the protestation was the Nov. 1 assassination of Uruapan politician Carlos Manzo, an outspoken anti-crime crusader who had urged the national authorities to instrumentality a much progressive and assertive attack to combating Mexico’s notorious transgression organizations, among which are six cause cartels that were designated arsenic overseas violent organizations by the Trump medication earlier this year.

Sheinbaum: Opposition promoted ‘Gen Z’ protestation with 90 cardinal pesos 

Sheinbaum noted that past Thursday, the government’s fake quality debunker-in-chief, Miguel Ángel Elorza Vásquez, gave a elaborate overview of however past Saturday’s protests were promoted connected societal media.

“They promoted this thought that they were young radical organically calling for this march called the ‘Generation Z’ march. But present it was shown how, successful reality, determination was a propulsion of astir 90 cardinal pesos [US $4.9 million] promoting this protestation from the opposition, connected 1 hand, and besides with the enactment of a businessman,” she said, referring to Ricardo Salinas.

According to the accusation presented by Elorza, the promotion of the protests was paid for by overseas right-wing organizations and individuals successful collaboration with Mexican people, specified arsenic Salinas and others affiliated with Mexican absorption parties.

“A batch of [social media] accounts, adjacent from abroad, promoted this protest,” said Sheinbaum.

The ‘vast majority’ of protesters weren’t young people, says Sheinbaum 

Sheinbaum said that “the immense bulk of those who marched connected Saturday weren’t young radical from Generation Z.”

“Yes, determination were immoderate young people, but the bulk weren’t young,” she said.

Indeed, astir of the participants were older adults, according to assorted media reports.

“We saw the precise acquainted faces of those who marched with the Marea Rosa [Pink Tide],” Sheinbaum said, referring to ample anti-government rallies that took spot past twelvemonth erstwhile erstwhile president Andrés Manuel López Obrador was inactive successful office.

Sheinbaum: The nonsubjective of convulsive protesters was to ‘go against the police’

Sheinbaum displayed images of acts of unit committed during Saturday’s protestation successful Mexico City arsenic good arsenic photos of injured constabulary officers. She besides presented confronting video footage of a radical of protesters attacking a constabulary officer.

Sheinbaum said that the extremity of tearing down barriers that protected the National Palace wasn’t to get to the gathering successful bid to vandalize it oregon to effort to summation entry, but alternatively to “go against the police” who were situated down it.

“This precise convulsive radical that arrived with worldly to interruption the obstruction … doesn’t adjacent get astatine the Palace, but alternatively motorboat themselves astatine constabulary successful a precise convulsive way,” she said.

“… They removed the barriers successful the Zócalo, broke them and threw rocks astatine the constabulary officers’ shields,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the constabulary resisted for “hours” earlier they were pushed and “this violence” ensued.

The protestation turned convulsive erstwhile a alleged “black bloc” of protesters tore down portion of a obstruction protecting the National Palace and attacked constabulary officers, 100 of whom were injured. (Rogelio Morales/Cuartoscuro)

The president said she had asked the Mexico City lawyer wide to analyse “who these groups are,” what motivated their acts of unit and whether they were paid.

“This thought they wanted to create, … that young radical are against the [fourth] translation [political project] is false,” she added.

Sheinbaum said that an probe into a idiosyncratic who was filmed shouting “you’re going to die” to constabulary indispensable beryllium carried out. A newsman noted that the idiosyncratic besides said, “we person weapons.”

Sheinbaum said that Mexico City authorities besides request to analyse whether immoderate constabulary officers broke with “police discipline” during the protestation successful the capital.

There were reports of a scope of abuses allegedly committed by constabulary against protesters.

On Monday, Mexico City Security Minister Pablo Vázquez said that 18 incidents successful which constabulary officers whitethorn person violated acceptable constabulary behaviour were nether investigation.

Sheinbaum: ‘We privation determination to beryllium liable opposition’

Sheinbaum said that if Mexico’s absorption wants to pull much radical to their cause, “violence won’t assistance them.”

“In Mexico, unit is rejected. People don’t privation convulsive actions,” she said.

“And determination tin beryllium opposition, it’s bully that determination is absorption successful Mexico,” Sheinbaum added.

She asserted that claims that “we privation ‘a azygous mode of thinking’ are false.

“We privation determination to beryllium opposition, liable opposition, with high-level debate, with proposals, but unit leads nowhere,” Sheinbaum said.

“… No to violence. … Those who beforehand unit don’t assistance the country. Those who beforehand unit don’t assistance themselves. Those who beforehand unit don’t make a high-level statement successful our country,” she said.

Sheinbaum: Salinas’ tv stations sought to make content that ‘the authorities is repressive’ 

Sheinbaum said that “in effect,” billionaire businessman Ricardo Salinas — an outspoken authorities professional — promoted the protests that took spot successful Mexico City and dozens of different Mexican cities connected Saturday.

“No llenaron el zócalo, ¿cuánta gente participó?. A diferencia del 2023, la marea rosa llenó la plancha del zócalo. Esta movilización fue impulsada por una televisora (TV Azteca-Salinas Pliego). Vimos las mismas caras de la marea rosa”#MañaneradelPueblo
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— David Vargas Araujo (@DavidVargasA18) November 17, 2025

“He was penning against america [on societal media] and promoting the protest, egging it on,” she said.

Sheinbaum besides said that Salinas’ tv channels, which see Azteca Uno and ADN40, “followed the full protest” successful Mexico City, and asserted that their presenters sought to make the thought that “the authorities is repressive and young radical don’t hold with the government.”

However, “the bulk of the radical successful Mexico” and “the bulk of young people” enactment “the transformation,” she said, referring to the 4th translation (4T) governmental task initiated by López Obrador and continued by the existent government.

Sheinbaum besides said that “young radical aren’t repressed [by the government] successful Mexico.”

“On the contrary, we springiness them scholarships, we springiness them schools, we springiness them jobs, we clasp young people, and we perceive to them. If determination is simply a legitimate, justified demand, we indispensable perceive to young people,” she said.

‘In Mexico determination is peace’

Sheinbaum noted that a danzón (a creation genre) festival was held successful the Zócalo connected Sunday, a time aft convulsive scenes played retired successful the ample quadrate successful the historical halfway of Mexico’s capital.

She besides said that erstwhile she returned to Mexico City from a play travel to the authorities of Tabasco, the historical halfway was packed with Buen Fin shoppers and radical were “happy.”

Despite the unit successful the Zócalo connected Saturday — and large insecurity problems successful assorted parts of the state — “in Mexico determination is peace,” declared Sheinbaum, whose authorities has reduced homicides but by nary means has pacified the country.

Sheinbaum said connected Monday that erstwhile she returned to Mexico City from a play travel to the authorities of Tabasco, the historical halfway was packed with Buen Fin shoppers and radical were “happy.” (Victoria Valtierra/Cuartoscuro)

“And we’re attending to everything that has to bash with insecurity and violence,” she added.

“That has to beryllium attended to, arsenic we are doing. And if we person to dedicate much [to the combat against crime] we will,” said Sheinbaum, whose authorities past week presented “Plan Michoacán for Peace and Justice” successful effect to the assassination of Carlos Manzo and wide insecurity successful the state.

‘The electoral play is approaching, and fto the radical accidental what they want’

Sheinbaum noted that her presidency volition beryllium taxable to a “revocation of mandate” callback ballot successful 2027.

“The revocation of mandate is simply a slogan of ours. Who projected it was President López Obrador, who enactment it successful the constitution was President López Obrador. And of people I’m going to taxable myself to the revocation of mandate [vote], due to the fact that that’s what the constitution says,” she said.

Sheinbaum — a highly fashionable president — noted that AMLO attracted 90% enactment erstwhile his presidency was the taxable of a callback predetermination successful 2022, astatine which turnout was beneath 20%.

She besides noted that Mexicans volition person the accidental to elite governors successful galore states successful 2027 arsenic good arsenic national deputies and mayors.

“The electoral play is approaching, and fto the radical accidental what they want,” Sheinbaum said.

A revocation of mandate ballot was 1 of the demands of the Generation Z organizers of Saturday’s protests, adjacent though a callback predetermination is already provided for successful the Mexican Constitution.