Reforma reported on its front page Saturday that the authorities identified and captured a leader of the "disturbances" during the truly massive march for the 40th anniversary of the October 2 massacre. They ID'd the kid as Díder Salgado, saying that he was recorded directing "cells" of "anarcopunks" to strike against riot police and businesses in and around the Zocalo.
The paper (which is still depriving Internet readers of free access to its content and therefore not listed among links here) also said the anarchists were seen changing and swapping clothing to avoid detection. At least twenty people were detained during the clashes with police at Thursday's marcha. If convicted of charges, they could face up to nine years behind bars, warned D.F. government official José Angel Avila Pérez. Sounds excessive, but when it comes to the routine ritual dance between protesters and granaderos in Mexico, you never know who is directing who, and with what purpose.
* Above, resistance graffiti as group project along the route of the October 2 marcha from Tlatelolco to the Zocalo. Police nearby watched, hands behind their backs.
** And history just keeps repeating itself: On Friday, six indigenous protesters were killed in a clash with police at the Chinkultic archeological site in Chiapas. AP says the villagers had seized the site nearly a month ago and were charging tourists a smaller entrance fee. More here.
