Several Mexican cities took part in international demonstrations against U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies on Saturday. Hundreds gathered in locations such as Mexico City, Guadalajara, Mérida, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Mexicali, and San Miguel de Allende.
The “No Kings” protests in Mexico were timed with similar demonstrations across the United States. The purpose was to oppose what organizers described as authoritarianism and militarization of American democracy. Notably, these protests coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday and the U.S. Army’s 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C.
In Mexico City, both U.S. and Mexican citizens marched from the Roma neighborhood’s Luis Cabrera plaza to the U.S. Embassy on Paseo de la Reforma. Protesters carried signs with slogans such as “I like my ICE crushed” and “NO FAUX-KING WEY,” a clever twist on Mexican slang. The most frequent chant was “Fuera racismo, fuera Trump” (Out with racism, out with Trump).
In Guadalajara, demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Consulate with signs urging to “save democracy” and denounced what they viewed as fascist policies. Similar scenes took place in Puerto Vallarta’s Isla Cuale and outside San Miguel de Allende’s U.S. Consular Agency, where more than 200 people participated.
The protests followed a week of intense demonstrations against immigration raids in Los Angeles and recent tensions between U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum over immigration policy.
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