This Monday the march was held in the Mexico City for the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 normalists of Ayotzinapawhich is commemorated following the leak of some details of the case.
The protesters advanced through Paseo de la Reforma and made a momentary halt in the Ahuehuete Roundregardingwhich has been proposed to be renamed as ‘Roundregarding of the disappeared‘.
They also stopped their march in the Anti-monument to the 43 missing normalistaswhich was installed in 2015.
Around 6:00 p.m., the vanguard of the protest arrived at the capital socket. In their position, the parents of the normalistas denounced no progress in the resolution of the case in the current administration.
Positioning of the parents of the 43 missing normalistas from Ayotzinapa.
“Four years of the previous government and four of the current one have been insufficient to give us truth”
(Video: Martin Rocha / @Radio_Formula)pic.twitter.com/cQHgP7LT9W
– Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) September 27, 2022
On the night of September 26, 2014, a group of 43 students from Rural Normal School ‘Isidro Burgos’in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, disappeared in the municipality of Equal to following being intercepted by state police and elements of Army.
Eight years later, the government of President López Obrador described the forced disappearance as a “state crime“.
Acts of vandalism and confrontation with hooded men
Vandalism was recorded on Paseo de la Reforma and in the Historic Center of Mexico City.
In addition, hooded men clashed with police on the street Fifth of May. Marti Batressecretary of Government of Mexico Cityclarified that the agents responded to the attempt of hooded men to break into businesses.
Hooded men face police officers between Cinco de Mayo and Isabel la Católica.
They throw objects and rockets at the elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security
(Screenshots via @Foro_TV) pic.twitter.com/n2AiRc9SDA
– Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) September 26, 2022
The Government of the Mexico City assured that it would seek to protect the right to demonstrate, but also the free transit.
At the Monitoring Center, to follow up on the March for the 8th Anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, following the instructions of the Head of Government @Claudiashein pic.twitter.com/6o9R569VuS
– Martí Batres (@martibatres) September 26, 2022
With information from López-Dóriga Digital