Dozens injured as feminist protesters clash with police in Mexico s capital Kate Linthicum © (Ginnette Riquelme / Associated Press) A protester throws a firebomb Monday in Mexico City during a march calling for an end to violence against women. (Ginnette Riquelme / Associated Press)
Volatile protests engulfed Mexico s capital on Monday as police clashed with thousands of feminist activists calling for an end to what they say is a crisis of violence against women here.
In Mexico City s central square, known as the Zócalo, police tear-gassed protesters who defaced city office buildings and used crowbars and hammers to tear down parts of a 12-foot-tall steel barrier erected around the National Palace, the center of Mexico s federal government and the home of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Authorities said at least 62 police officers and 19 civilians were injured.
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