Cancún Police Shoot Live Rounds at Feminists Protesting Femicide

Last night, police from Cancún, Quintana Roo, shot at feminists who were demonstrating in front of the Quintana Roo State Attorney General’s Office in protest of the femicide of 20-year-old Bianca Alejandrina Lorenzana Alvarado, known by her friends as Alexis. Alexis disappeared on November 7^th and her body was found on November 9^th dismembered in two black trash bags.

Demasiado tarde don Carlos ? no nos dieron justicia pero si balas pic.twitter.com/S9QqgUtWl1

— C?C (@agridulc74) November 10, 2020

The demonstration moved peacefully through the streets of Cancún, arriving around 7:00pm to the State Attorney General’s Office. There protestors painted and tore down wooden boards that had been set up to protect the facilities.

Without any protocol, the Cancún police arrived shooting at protestors, forcing them to flee.

#Mexico In a country where 10 feminicides occur daily with the highest impunity rate in the Americas & more than 70 thousand people disappeared, this is the police response to a protest for 20-year old Alexis who was murdered in Cancun! ? ? ? ? Elizabeth Ruiz pic.twitter.com/D9vcQ6rAbs

— Voices in Movement (@VIM_Media) November 10, 2020

At least 100 policemen participated in the attacks leaving various people injured, among them four journalists who were documenting the protest, two of them injured by gunfire. Demonstrators also set fires and destroyed property.

The protest in Cancún joins a growing movement of feminist action against patriarchy and femicides throughout Mexico. The violent state repression carried out against demonstrators in Cancún once again demonstrates the patriarchal nature of the Mexican state, where women’s lives are worth less than physical infrastructure.

Esta imagen de disparos con armas largas contra feministas en Cancún le va a dar la vuelta al mundo pic.twitter.com/9KsKima2a0

— LoQueSigue.tv (@LoQueSigue_) November 10, 2020