Protests against surge mass-tourism in Mexico City end in vandalism
Mexico City (AP) – A hundreds’ demonstration against gentrification and mass tourism that started peacefully on Friday in the People’s Mexico City neighborhoods with tourists who became violent when a small number of people began to break the windows and harass foreigners.
Masked demonstrators have struck the windows and looted high -end companies in the tourist areas of Condesa and Roms, and have shouted to tourists in the region. The graffiti on broken glass glass are broken with rocks, read: “Get out of Mexico.” The demonstrators kept signs by reading “Gringos, by stopping stealing our house” and demanding local legislation to better regulate the tourist levels and Stricter housing laws.
A demonstrator burns a effigy of the American president Donald Trump to the Parque of Mexico, during a protest against gentrification, because the increase in workers at a distance increased prices and increased the demand for housing in neighborhoods like Condesa and Roma, in Mexico, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP photo / Jon Orbach)
People protest against the gentrification of the Americans of Mexico City, at the Mexico Parque, Friday July 4, 2025. (AP photo / Jon Orbach)
The walkers then continued to protest outside the United States Embassy and sang inside the city’s metro system. The police reinforcements gathered in front of the embassy building while the police sirens sounded in the city center on Friday evening.
He has marked a violent end to a more peaceful walk throughout the day, calling mainly American masses of tourists who have flooded the capital of Mexico in recent years.
The demonstrators attack a dining room at the end of peaceful demonstrations which have become violent against gentrification, because the increase in distance workers increased prices and increased the demand for accommodation in neighborhoods like Condesa and Roma, in Mexico City, Friday, July 4, 2025.
A demonstrator gives a kick in a window of the bank of the bank at the end of the peaceful protest which became violent against gentrification, because the increase in workers at a distance has increased prices and increased the demand for housing in neighborhoods like Condesa and Roma, in Mexico, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP photo / Aurea del Rosario)
Tensions have risen in the city since the “digital nomads” of the United States flocked to Mexico City in 2020, much to escape coronavirus locking in the United States or to enjoy cheaper rental prices in the Latin American city.
Since then, the rents have soaked and the inhabitants have increasingly pushed their districts, in particular areas like Condesa and Roma, lush areas filled with cafes and restaurants.
Michelle Castro, a 19 -year -old student, was one of the herds of Protestant people. She said that she was from the downtown the working class of the city and that she slowly looked at the apartment buildings was transformed into housing for tourists.
“Mexico City goes through a transformation,” she said. “There are many foreigners, namely the Americans, who come to live here. Many say that it is xenophobia, but it is not the case. It’s just that so many foreigners come here, the rents soar because of Airbnb. The rents are so high that some people can not even pay.”
The demonstration of Mexico City follows others in European cities as BarcelonaMadrid, Paris and Rome against mass tourism.
A protest panel is displayed on a makeshift linen rope during a demonstration against gentrification, because the increase in workers at a distance increased prices and increased the request for accommodation in neighborhoods like Condesa and Roma, in Mexico City, Friday, July 4, 2025.
