MEXICO City – Police and activists have clashed here at a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Officers forced back protesters with tear gas and riot shields in the capital’s main square, the Zocalo.
Protesters were calling for the government to address the country’s poor record on the murder of women, often referred to as femicide, and gender-based violence.
Government figures suggested at least 939 women were victims of femicide in 2020.
Thousands of women, some with their daughters, attended the march in the Mexican capital on Monday.
Some members of the crowd managed to pull down some of the large metal fencing around the National Plaza using hammers and wooden poles.
Authorities erected the barrier ahead of the march. It was then covered in the names of femicide victims by women’s groups.
At least 15 officers and four members of the public were injured, according to local media.(BBC)
