Protests against surging mass tourism in Mexico City end in vandalism, harassment of tourists

Описание: (5 Jul 2025)

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Mexico City - 4 July 2025
1. Protesters smashing glass
2. Protesters smashing through shattered shop window, protesters looting store
3. Various of tourist being harassed by protesters
4. Protester painting graffiti on wall, reading "Kill a gringo"
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Balam Larios, psychology student:
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"Today we are fighting against gentrification. Gentrification is the process by which the original residents of the neighborhoods are displaced by people with greater purchasing power. That is, people coming from other countries, mostly foreigners, who want to impose their culture, their prices and displace Mexicans, the native people of these lands."
6. Protesters chanting (Spanish): "Gringos, get out"
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mónica González, climate activist:
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"I’m here because gentrification is just one more step towards colonization, dispossession and the exploitation of our resources. Right now it's about the people, but it won't be long before they run out of oil, water, or lithium in other countries and come and take them from us."
8. People holding a banner reading "Gringo go to your pinche pais (country)"
9. A couple show thumbs up to protesters
10. Protesters chanting (Spanish): "Gringos, get out"

STORYLINE:
A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people began smashing storefronts and harassing foreigners.

Masked protesters smashed through the windows and looted high-end businesses in the touristic areas of Condesa and Roma, and screamed at tourists in the area.

Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: "get out of Mexico."

Protesters held signs reading "gringos, stop stealing our home" and demanding local legislation to better regulate tourism levels and stricter housing laws.

Marchers then continued on to protest outside the U.S. Embassy and chanted inside the city’s metro system.

Police reinforcements gathered outside the embassy building as police sirens rang out in the city center Friday evening.

It marked a violent end to a more peaceful march throughout the day directed against masses of mostly American tourists who have flooded into Mexico's capital in recent years.

Tension had been mounting in the city since U.S. "digital nomads" flocked to Mexico City in 2020, many to escape coronavirus lockdowns in the U.S. or to take advantage of cheaper rent prices in the Latin American city.

Since then, rents have soared and locals have increasingly gotten pushed out of their neighborhoods, particularly areas like Condesa and Roma, lush areas packed with coffee shops and restaurants.

The Mexico City protest follows others in European cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Rome against mass tourism.

AP Video by Martín Silva Rey

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