Video: Hundreds of thousands of people around Mexico marched on International Women's Day, with an estimated 180,000 people reported in Mexico City, massive marches in Oaxaca, Guadalajara, and more, and two journalists arrested in Zacatecas. Green Left Extras.
In Puebla, authorities criminalised the women's march by covering key buildings and the fountain in the main plaza in giant metal sheets or wooden boards.
Frustrated with impunity, prior to and during the march, women, trans, and non-binary people denounced their rapists and attackers by writing their names and pasting printed photos on the metal sheets and wooden boards and other surfaces around the centre of the city.
Numerous cover ups of serial rapists in various institutions such as the major universities were denounced, while others chanted the names of missing and murdered loved ones as they marched. One of the main chants was, "The police don't protect me, my female friends protect me."
But while authorities do little to bring justice to women, there were hundreds of police available on the day to protect buildings. While rapists aren't arrested, the police did arrest numerous protesters, and sprayed protestors with high-powered hoses and tear gas for hours. They also threw rocks and glass bottles at protesters.
To the right, black writing reads "My body is mine."
