A sizable protest is going on in the city of Oaxaca. Pretty chill as far as protests go—almost no loudspeakers, not much slogan, for the main part just masses of people walking down the streets. Police motorcycle escorts both in front and the back.
I don’t remember the situation exactly in Puerto Vallarta, but this trip has definitely surprised me with how heavy the armed police/military personnel presence is in both Mexico City and Oaxaca. With CDMX I chalked it off being the capital, but the situation in Oaxaca feels different. Ever since my arrival last Friday; I can’t stroll for 30 minutes in the central area without encountering trucks loaded with riot gear police/army personnel with automatic weapons at the ready. Even in Mount Alban, a remote tourist-only destination, they were there in full force.
This is simply a tourist’s observation, of course. I haven’t really talked to the locals about the situation and don’t know how they actually feel about it. For all I know they welcome the police presence…. And one might say this is preferable to the situation in Q Roo (cerca 2023?), when you had fully armed private security people lurking about.
#2025年初墨西哥