Violence against emos sweeps across Mexico **

* Note: This post has been updated. See below.

A bizarre wave of mob emo-bashings is sweeping across Mexico. The movement is being generated on message boards and social networking sites by non-emo youth who highly dislike like the emo look and attitude.

The spark came first in Queretaro on March 7. An estimated 800 young people poured into the city's Centro Historico hunting for emos to beat the crap out of. They found some. The next weekend it spread to Mexico City, where emos faced off against punks and rockabillies at the Glorieta de Insurgents, the epicenter of emo social space in the capital. There's also been reports of anti-emo violence in Durango, Colima, and elsewhere.

The question on everyone's lips right now seems to be, "What the hell is going on?" Been reporting this story since it broke, and we're looking further into it. Updates in the near future.

* New material: Added source links at "More on the emo attacks in Mexico."

** THURSDAY UPDATE: Fresh post above, "The emos of Mexico are fighting back."

Comments

[claroquesiputa]

norte?

[kathryn garcia]

Daniel, i appreciate your comment in response to Keith's earlier comment, and agree with you, most people want to perpetuate an idea of Mexico as a center of conflict over the drug trade (especially after the movie "Traffic" came out), but those of us who have spent extensive periods of time in Mexico know that that conflict goes unnoticed, it is not a politicized or publicized movement.

[Kijad]

I like how it requires 300 retards to beat up a couple of girly emo kids.

gg.

On a side note, I'm going to laugh the next time that happens and the kid has a gun.

[lorri]

I don't know whether you would consider violence in 14 states "sweeping," but the National Human Rights Commission is stepping in.

http://www.diario.com.mx/templates/nota_servicios/print.php?notaid=36944

[Rose]

I've heard that the reason behind it is because the rockabillies and the punks don't like gay people in any way shape or form.

I, personally do not care if some one is gay, because everyone was created the same way, and we were created equal.

Back to the point,
Mostly this is just a bunch of homophobes ganging up on people who look gay or they're just looking for someone to beat the shit out of...

[ZaC]

this is bullshit, why do they (the non-emos) pick on us, what did we do to them. they just need to accept that this is who we are. their only making the situation worse

[JESUS]

FUCK THIS IM GOING TO MEXICO IM GOING TO SMASH EVERYONE OF THOSE TRENDY EMO FUCK FAGGOTS THANK GOD THERES STILL HEAD BANGERS AROUND TO PUT THESE PUSSY BITCHES IN THERE PLACE

I ASK YOU PLEASE JUST GIVE US 5 MINUTES ALONE

[sandy tran]

i think you should leave emos alone they are not bad people they are just different. I mean is there life not yours and they have the right to do what they want with theirs life. they can dress like they want and do what they want with themselves. So leave them alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!