Mexico City Protests Nov. 6: Court Strike, Bucareli and Zócalo Rallies

Mexico City expects a busy Friday of protests on Nov. 6, with federal court workers threatening a work stoppage and students of the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria No. 1 Gabino Barreda (a public high school) blocking roads in the south of the city. The day’s agenda from the SSC (Mexico City’s public security ministry) lists one march, seven sit-ins and one scheduled meeting, plus a classic-car rally, a skate ride and 17 entertainment, cultural and sports events.

The alcaldías (city boroughs) most likely to see traffic trouble are Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Tlalpan, Xochimilco, Gustavo A. Madero and Iztapalapa, according to Eje Central. The first actions start at 10:00.

Federal court workers block San Lázaro

The Sindicato de Renovación del Poder Judicial de la Federación, a union of federal judiciary employees, called protests at court buildings across several boroughs against new performance evaluations for judicial careers. The union says the reviews put the jobs of long-serving staff at risk, Eje Central reported, and the SSC expects up to 200 participants.

By midday, workers were already blocking the front of the federal courthouse at San Lázaro, La Razón de México reported. The blockade mainly affects traffic on Avenida Eduardo Molina and Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza.

Prepa 1 students on División del Norte

Students of Prepa 1 planned sit-ins at two points from 10:00: Prolongación División del Norte at Avenida Muyuguarda in San Lorenzo la Cebada, Xochimilco, and the Glorieta de Vaqueritos, where División del Norte meets Canal de Miramontes in Tlalpan. About 50 people were expected. La Razón reported that students were blocking streets near the campus to demand the expulsion of teachers accused of sexual harassment. Their other demands include changes to enrollment, reopening gender-neutral bathrooms, more transparency on building work at the school and an end to reprisals over their protests.

Morning march and sit-ins in Del Valle and Colonia Juárez

• At 10:00, health teams from the ISSSTE (the federal workers’ social security institute) walk from the Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, at Avenida Félix Cuevas 540 in Del Valle Sur, to Parque Acacias and back. About 100 people are expected at the sixth national ECOS walk, held for World Stroke Day.
• Also at 10:00, members of the Cooperativa Excélsior gather at the newspaper’s old building at Bucareli 17, Colonia Juárez. Around 40 people want a legal review of the 2006 sale of the company’s assets, which they say involved irregularities.

Afternoon: cannabis campaigners and firefighters

From 12:00, the group Plataforma 4:20 collects signatures and runs workshops on cannabis rights at three spots: the Monumento a la Madre on Insurgentes Sur, División del Norte at Avenida Cuauhtémoc in Narvarte Poniente, and Gran Canal at Circuito Interior in Gustavo A. Madero. The SSC expects 45 people.

At 15:30, about 50 members of the union of retired and active Mexico City firefighters meet officials near Plaza de la Constitución (the Zócalo) and José Pino Suárez. They want payment of a salary increase and back pay for retired workers.

Other groups have no set time. The feminist collective Las Tonantzin, about 25 people, goes to the courts at the Reclusorio Preventivo Varonil Oriente, Avenida Reforma 100 in Iztapalapa, to demand justice for a victim of violence. Proyecto Fénix Libertas, with around 30 people, sets up a collection point in the Alameda Central, at Avenida Hidalgo and Doctor Mora, gathering tools and supplies for search groups of mothers looking for missing relatives. At 17:00, residents of Colonia Parque San Andrés meet the Coyoacán borough council at Pérez Valenzuela 159 over an INVI (city housing institute) construction at Inglaterra 70, after a tree fell on the wall of a kindergarten.

Evening crowds on Reforma and at concert venues

The Tour Vintage México 2026 leaves at 8:00 from the Parador Integral Parres on the Cuernavaca highway in Tlalpan, with 12 classic cars heading to Oaxaca. At 20:00, the Beta Rollers skate group rides from the Hemiciclo a Juárez to Torre Quadrata at Paseo de la Reforma 2654. Concerts by Morat at the Palacio de los Deportes and Aitana at the Auditorio Nacional, lucha libre at Arena México and two soccer matches will also draw crowds. The Día de Muertos alebrijes and light sculptures remain on Reforma, and the Zócalo keeps its giant ofrenda.

What it means for drivers and commuters

Delays are most likely around Félix Cuevas, División del Norte, Insurgentes Sur, Bucareli, Circuito Interior, Vaqueritos and the Centro Histórico, according to the SSC list. The listed times mark when each protest is due to begin, so closures can come later. The SSC notes that times, crowd sizes and locations may change during the day. OVIAL, the SSC’s traffic information center, posts updates on closures and alternate routes on its @OVIALCDMX account on X.

Sources: Eje Central, La Razón de México, ADN 40