This article by Angel Bolaños Sanchez originally appeared in the November 22, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Editor: The below article refers to the Black Bloc as participating in a hired capacity in the violence of the so-called “Gen-Z march” last weekend. Mexico Solidarity Media*‘s opinion, based on what our members witnessed last weekend, as well as our experience with protest dynamics in Mexico, is that the Black Bloc, which is a left wing political tactic used primarily by left-wing, anarchist groups, was not involved; but instead the violence was primarily carried out by hirelings connected to organized crime, which are frequently used by right wing political groups in the city. Journalist and photographer Alejandro Meléndez uses the term “white bloc” and believes they originate in criminal groups aligned with former head of Mexico City government, Miguel Ángel Mancera.*
The Morena faction in the local Congress stated before the head of the Cuauhtémoc territorial demarcation, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, that it has evidence that the so-called black bloc, which generated violence last weekend at the Generation Z march, is financed with resources from the mayor’s office.
During the working session with the Budget and Public Accounts Commission, Deputy Cecilia Vadillo Obregón also denounced the clientelistic use of social programs in that jurisdiction by reproducing a conversation in which a city hall official conditions the delivery of support to a beneficiary in exchange for her attending a report by Rojo de la Vega in Tlatelolco.
“Today we have evidence that instigators of violence were sent from the mayor’s office to this march. We have evidence at this moment to affirm that the black bloc that generated violence at the march is paid by the Cuauhtémoc borough and that it was orchestrated by your administration; the mayor’s office money is being used to promote hatred and generate violence in our city,” the legislator stated during her remarks.
The official, who requested an 85 percent increase in the mayor’s budget for 2026, arrived at Congress accompanied by street vendors from the organization led by the PRI’s political operations secretary in the capital, Rubén Jiménez Barrios, who was also accused of bringing his members to last Saturday’s march.
The meeting was held amid interruptions, a war of signs and banners from Morena supporters and allies with the slogan: “The black bloc charges in Cuauhtémoc,” while the PAN members displayed theirs that said “Morena = narco-government.”
More notorious than noteable, the Cuauhtémoc Borough chases headlines with attention-seeking stunts like illegally removing Che Guevara and Fidel Castro statues, and other strange occurences.
Initially, after the mayor’s presentation, PT deputy Jannete Guerrero Maya called on her “not to confuse and not to use social protest as a platform for personal agendas or political protagonism that contribute nothing to the political debate,” and warned her that “latching onto causes that are not your own ends up weakening them.”
She also criticized the decision to remove the sculptures of Ernesto Che Guevara and Fidel Castro from the Tabacalera garden, and when asked specifically about her threat to melt down the sculptural ensemble, the mayor said she would do so if the community decided.
Regarding Thursday’s mobilization, led by Pablo Eduardo Ortiz Padilla, who is also linked to Rojo de la Vega, Morena deputy Paulo Emilio González said that if a working relationship with the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office is confirmed, as has been mentioned on social media, he would also be included in the complaint that will be filed against it, the head of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe, and his political operators.
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