Marches and protests planned for May 28 in Mexico City; CNTE to gather at Estela de Luz

Mexico City is set to experience a day of significant public activity on Thursday, May 28, with various groups planning marches and concentrations. The Secretariat of Citizen Security has announced multiple demonstrations across the capital.

A key protest involves lottery ticket sellers from the National Lottery. They plan to march from the Lottery's headquarters to the National Palace at 10 a.m. to demand solutions for a shortage of printed tickets, which has created a crisis for traditional vendors reliant on these sales.

Simultaneously, the National Education Workers' Coordinator (CNTE) will gather at the Estela de Luz monument at 10 a.m. Their demands include the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law and the 2019 Educational Reform. They also call for a return to the pension system without Afores, improved school security, better working conditions, and a 100% salary increase.

Other planned actions include a "clothesline of complaints" by the UAM Feminist Committee at the Xochimilco campus at 9 a.m. to highlight cases of harassment and gender violence. The group Justicia Pro Persona will demonstrate at the courts of the Reclusorio Preventivo Varonil Oriente at 9:30 a.m., seeking justice for a femicide victim from July 2019. Additionally, families seeking missing loved ones will hold a forum at the Tlatelolco Cultural Center at 9:30 a.m., organized by the Center for Justice for Peace.

Further demonstrations include the National Independent Union of Workers of the National Institute of Fine Arts protesting at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit at 9:30 a.m. for labor justice and fair pensions. Residents of Ecatepec will gather at the Pino Suárez Metro station at 11 a.m. to await a Supreme Court ruling on water rights in their municipality. Former workers of the defunct Ruta 100 bus company will meet at the Zócalo at 10 a.m. to demand settlement payments. The Movement for Dignified Mobility will hold an "Anti-World Cup" event at the Olympic Stadium at 1 p.m., featuring artistic interventions. The Laboratorio 420 collective will collect signatures for cannabis rights at Insurgentes and Amberes at 1 p.m. Finally, the Committee of Relatives of Detained Disappeared Persons will hold political-cultural activities at the Supreme Court of Justice at 4 p.m. as part of the "International Week of the Detained Disappeared."