Thousands of women marched in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday (March 8) to mark International Women’s Day, focusing the spotlight on President López Obrador’s contradictions.

The government placed tall steel anti-riot barricades in front of the National Palace, and activists quickly adorned the structures with flowers and the names of female murder victims.

Officers fired pepper spray after the protesters attempted to tear down the barricades surrounding the National Palace.

This footage was filmed and produced 8 March 2021.
Women marching on International Women’s Day have clashed with police at barricades surrounding the National Palace in Mexico City, where officers fired pepper spray after the protesters attempted to tear down a metal wall.
Protesters wrote the names of femicide victims on the barricade after it was installed on Friday and later covered it with flowers. They also projected slogans on the National Palace – a seat of power since Aztec times – reading: “Mexico femicide” and “legal abortion now”.

The video shows the scale of the protesters, even the elderly came to the protests. Police use tear gas as protesters try to break down the barricades. There is footage of protesters clashing with police.

Location: Mexico City and Toluca, Estado de México, México

This footage was filmed and produced 8 March 2021.
Thousands of women marched in Mexico City Monday to mark Women’s Day, focusing the spotlight on López Obrador’s contradictions.
Those contradictions were on display in Mexico City's vast central plaza, after the government erected tall steel anti-riot barricades in front of the National Palace and activists quickly adorned the structures with flowers and the names of female murder victims.

Location: Zócalo, Historic center of Mexico City, Centro, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Author: @eladamgonzalez