MEXICO: Focus on police brutality

In early June, hundreds of people in Guadalajara, Mexico, protested against police brutality and demanded justice for Giovanni López, a man who died from a head injury after being detained. He died in early May, but outrage erupted after a video surfaced on 3 June, in which bystanders appeared saying that López’s only infraction was to not be wearing a mask. In addition to the head injury, he also sustained a bullet wound while in custody. During the 4 June protests, groups of protesters vandalised buildings and damaged police vehicles, while the police fired teargas. Journalists covering the protests reported being attacked by police.