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Before the November 15 demonstration, Sheinbaum publicly stated that obscure interests would finance the events: “We agree with freedom of expression and demonstration if there are young people who have demands, but the question here is who is promoting the demonstration… People should know how this protest was organized so that no one is being used.”
According to the Executive, a network of international right-wing groups, opposition figures, influencers, and bots is coordinating with each other to promote a process of destabilization in Mexico. Among the names that have allegedly spent almost 90 million Mexican pesos (almost USD 4,881,767) to promote the demonstrations are telecommunications entrepreneur Ricardo Salinas Pliego (owner of Azteca Noticias) and the far-right international NGO Atlas Network.
The president pointed out that a large part of the money comes from abroad: “There is evidence that many of the promoters have nothing to do with Generation Z, but rather that this is a political operation financed from abroad.”
Thus, according to the government, as part of the plot to delegitimize the government, the network of opposition figures allegedly orchestrated a media campaign to gradually generate unrest among Mexico’s younger population through the use of hundreds of accounts on Facebook, TikTok, and other social networks. Reports indicate that the social media accounts gradually began to call for a “peaceful demonstration” against the government.
Among the politicians who echoed the call for a demonstration are the mayor of Cuauhtémoc, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, the opposition movement Marea Rosa, and the country’s former right-wing president, Vicente Fox.
In addition, President Sheinbaum said on November 17 that several international media outlets are trying to spread the idea that acts of repression are taking place in Mexico, which she claims is absolutely false.
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