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Street Vendors' Stalls Removed from Alameda Central in Mexico City Image: Karla Guerrero/ ARCHIVO EL UNIVERSAL
🇲🇽 Mexico /Culture & Society

Street Vendors' Stalls Removed from Alameda Central in Mexico City

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Authorities in Mexico City removed 10 street vendor stalls from Alameda Central for failing to sign reordering agreements or having unauthorized vendors.
  • The operation involved officials from the Secretariat of Citizen Security and the local Government Secretariat.
  • A leader representing the affected vendors met with authorities to discuss authorization for seven vendors to sell in the park.

Mexico City authorities have removed 10 street vendor stalls from the Alameda Central, a prominent public space, due to non-compliance with reordering agreements. The Undersecretariat of Mayoral Programs and Public Space Reordering conducted the operation, targeting vendors who had either not signed the required agreements or were operating with excess numbers beyond permitted limits.

They took 10 (carts) from different leaders who have not signed or wanted to bring in excess (vendors beyond permitted numbers). That's why they were taken into protective custody at the warehouse.

— Adolfo Llubere SevillaExplaining the removal of street vendor stalls.

Adolfo Llubere Sevilla, the head of the undersecretariat, explained that the stalls were taken into protective custody at a warehouse. He noted that no individuals were detained during the operation, although some pushing and pulling occurred. Sevilla stated that the leader of the vendor organization was scheduled to meet with authorities to identify the seven vendors who would be authorized to sell within the park according to the new guidelines.

Despite the official operation, a reporter observed several street vendors operating within the Alameda Central, positioned near walkways and fountains. Security personnel from the Secretariat of Citizen Security and the local Government Secretariat were present, overseeing the area. Meanwhile, feminist collectives also set up stalls with protest banners and merchandise on the ground near the park's edges.

There were some jostling during the operation.

— Adolfo Llubere SevillaDescribing the interaction during the stall removal.

Sevilla commented on the presence of the feminist groups, stating that officials were engaging with them to suggest alternative locations for their protests or economic activities. The situation reflects an ongoing effort by the city government to regulate public spaces and manage informal commerce, balancing order with the needs and rights of various groups operating in these areas.

We are with them (feminist collectives) in visits, showing them other places where they could develop their protest or economic activity.

— Adolfo Lluberes SevillaRegarding engagement with feminist groups present in the area.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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