Overview
- Mexicanos al Grito de Paz say they placed a large banner in the Zócalo that named about a dozen politicians as "narcogobernantes" and that people removed it during the action.
- The group posted video and messages alleging physical assaults and that the removers were sent by Morena, while local reporters described the takedown as carried out by people who identified themselves as merchants.
- The May 21 action was the second time this month the group said its Zócalo banner was taken down, repeating a May 7 incident in which an unidentified group removed a similar protest banner.
- The banners name high-profile figures including President Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Rubén Rocha Moya, and the episode has drawn wide attention on social media and in local outlets.
- Coverage notes that recent U.S. allegations linking Rocha Moya and other officials to the Los Chapitos faction form the background to the protests, and the contested removals raise questions about who is blocking peaceful assembly and what oversight will follow.