Overview
- Police used tear gas to disperse teachers trying to reach the Zócalo on Monday, and union and eyewitness reports said at least two people were injured during clashes with authorities.
- Protesters dragged down, stripped and burned giant World Cup player statues on Paseo de la Reforma on Tuesday as a symbolic warning that demonstrations could continue into the tournament.
- The federal government has offered limited concessions including a 9 percent wage increase but has rejected a full rollback of the 2007 ISSSTE pension reform on fiscal grounds, leaving formal talks stalled.
- Blockades, expanding encampments and last-minute construction delays have closed major roads, forced online-only volunteer training and disrupted airport and metro work, creating logistical risks for millions of visitors.
- The actions are led by a dissident CNTE faction that rejects the official union deal and demands a 100 percent pay rise and a return to the old public pension model, which would carry large fiscal costs and heighten political pressure on the Sheinbaum administration.