AMLO Defends Barricading Palace as Mexico’s Women Protest Violence

  • Three-meter high barrier around palace prevents violence: AMLO
  • President’s party has been rocked by candidate accused of rape
Names of feminicide victims, slogans and flowers on a barricade outside the National Palace ahead of International Women’s Day demostrations on March 8.Photographer: Karen Melo/Getty Images
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Thousands of women protested in Mexico City against rising gender violence on Monday, with some directing their outrage at the government of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Feminist groups marched through the streets chanting, “Not one more, not one murder more.” Some demonstrators clashed with police and breached part of a 3-meter barricade that was placed around the national palace.