The head of the Mexico City Police, Pablo Vázquez Camacho, stated that during the Generation Z march on Saturday, November 15, “18 incidents potentially constituting violations of the police protocol and other legal provisions” were identified. At a press conference, he affirmed that this included episodes of possible excessive use of force. In seven of these 18 investigations, including cases of alleged assaults on members of the press, the personnel involved will be temporarily suspended until the investigations are concluded. He announced that internal administrative investigations are already underway to conduct interviews with officers and continue with the inquiries. Since Saturday, scenes of alleged police abuse have been spread by the media and social networks, in which police officers beat citizens who had already been subdued or who posed no danger. According to Pablo Vázquez, in accordance with the operational protocols, the General Directorate of Internal Affairs conducted an analysis of the videos, images, and available information from both open sources and the records of the Citizen Security Secretariat itself. At the press conference, he stated that the Citizen Security Secretariat under his command maintained close coordination with the Prosecutor's Office of Mexico City and human rights bodies to assist in the investigations derived from these events. “No act contrary to the police protocols or the principles that govern us as an institution will be tolerated. All cases that fall outside the regulations will be investigated and sanctioned, and we will seek to analyze the information gathered or derived from them to generate institutional strengthening processes,” Vázquez Camacho said.
