authorities of the Mexico City they clarified that it is not used tear gas during the marcheswhich develop in the capital of the country.
Marcela Figueroa-Francoundersecretary of Institutional Development of the Secretariat of Citizen Security of Mexico City, indicated that on the part of the police of the capital of the country does not use tear gas.
He added that the National Law on the Use of Force provides for the possibility of using tear gas and other kind of non-lethal weaponsbut the capital police their internal protocols do not contemplate the use of tear gas on demonstrations.
He added that neither in other types of protest scenarios or mobilizations. He indicated that for years, the police did not acquire any type of gas.
He stated that according to the Protocol, the only equipment that the police officers who attend the demonstrations It is with helmets, shield, knee pads, elbow pads and fire extinguisher.
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More than 3,000 CDMX policewomen will be present at the 8M 2022 march
During the March the March 8 by reason of International Women’s Daywhich will take place this coming Tuesday, there will be a display of 3 thousand female police officers of the Mexico Citypresent during the mobilization.
The purpose of the presence of the police elements will be the protection of the securityas well as guarantee the right of free demonstration.
Marcela Figueroa Franco, Undersecretary of Institutional Development of the Secretariat of Citizen Security of the Mexico City detailed that the deployment and police action are based on the National Law on the Use of Force.
In the same way, they are based on the Protocol of Police Action for the Protection of People in the Context of Demonstrations or Meetings and the Protocol of Police Action in the Prevention of Violence and Acts that violate the exercise of rights during the Attention to Demonstrations and Meetings of the Mexico City.
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