Benito Juárez Calls on Prosecutors After Delivery Riders’ Protest
Benito Juárez borough asked the city prosecutor's office to investigate after about 100 delivery riders protested a reported threat to a colleague.
The Benito Juárez borough government (alcaldía) in Mexico City has asked the Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México (FGJCDMX, the city’s attorney general’s office) to investigate after delivery riders protested over an alleged threat against one of their colleagues. In a statement, the borough said any dispute should be settled through legal and institutional channels, with formal complaints filed with the authorities.
According to Crónica, around 100 riders for digital platforms took part in the protest on Nov. 10. The borough also said it is willing to help resolve the conflict.
What the riders protested
El Universal reported that riders blocked Eje 8 Sur at avenida Popocatépetl and the street Rinconada del Valle, in colonia Xoco. By that outlet’s account, they were demanding the arrest of a man who threatened one of their colleagues with a firearm.
Crónica places the gathering elsewhere. It says the riders assembled in front of the Rinconada del Valle housing complex in colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac, asking for justice over alleged attacks on a fellow rider. The two outlets differ on the neighborhood and on how the protest is described, and they use different wording for what happened to the rider (a firearm threat in one, alleged aggression in the other). Whether anyone has been detained was not disclosed in either report.
What the borough said
Benito Juárez said it respects the right of people to protest, speak freely and draw attention to causes they consider legitimate. It added that no grievance justifies threatening, intimidating or attacking other people or violating their rights.
The borough called on the FGJCDMX to step in, describing it as the body competent to investigate the events, decide whether any conduct amounts to a crime and assign responsibility. It also urged everyone involved in the dispute to file the relevant complaints and ask the authorities to intervene.
The statement says order and security must always be guaranteed within the law and with respect for human rights. In the borough’s words, nobody can take justice into their own hands, threaten people who provide a service or carry out actions that belong only to the authorities.
Why it matters
The statement moves the dispute from the street to the city’s prosecutors. It is the FGJCDMX, according to the borough, that must establish what happened and whether any crimes were committed. Until then, the threat described by the riders remains an allegation, and no finding has been announced.
The protest also affected traffic in one version of events. El Universal says riders blocked a stretch of Eje 8 Sur, an east-west road in the area of colonia Xoco, while Crónica describes a gathering outside a housing complex.
Sources: El Universal, Crónica
