Cathedrals and Churches Vandalized during Turbulent Women's Marches Throughout Mexico


On March 8th, over 200,000 women marched in Mexico City for International Women's Day.

According to Infobae, the Emergency Medical Rescue Squad (ERUM) treated 73 people, including 66 civilians and seven members of the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC) for minor issues, who were treated on-site.

BBC noted, that the demonstration was already expected to be turbulent, and authorities deployed a security force of 1,700 female police officers and a large metal fence surrounding Mexico's National Palace to protect it from the March 8 protesters.

A group of women set fire to windows of the Federal Judiciary (PJF) building in Sonora in protest of the violence.

In Oaxaca, marchers sprayed graffiti on the walls of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and then tried to set the doors on fire as shown in the video:

Dozens of women marching on March 8 were attacked with tear gas outside the State of Mexico Attorney General's Office after attempting to tear down the metal fences covering the premises.

During the March 8 demonstration, protesters set fire to the exterior of the State Congress building. No injuries were reported, and the fire was contained.

Several women entered the Specialized Prosecutor's Office, located in the Historic Center of Puebla, setting fire to three offices and various documents.

In Guanajuato, the facade of the Municipal Presidency is burned; the State Congress building was set on fire.

In the center of Mexico, at San José Cathedral in Toluca, statues were vandalized.

During the March 8 demonstration in Guanajuato, women burned objects at the entrance to the León City Hall. The fire spread several meters outside the building.

At the Metropolitan Cathedral, the women who continued banging on the metal fences were sprayed with tear gas, and some were hit several meters away. Some of those affected were treated by the brigades that accompanied the march.

They hit the fences of the National Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral, launching rockets and lighting bonfires on the Zócalo square.

The black bloc also set fire to an information booth located next to the Metropolitan Cathedral. The fire was extinguished by firefighters, and paramedics responded to the scene to respond to the emergency.

Responding to the Vandalism the ARCHBISHOPRIC OF GUADALAJARA Released:

Guadalajara, Jalisco, March 10, 2025 

Vandalism at the Cathedral

We wish to state that the acts of vandalism on March 8 at the Guadalajara Cathedral are absolutely reprehensible.

The people who demonstrated in the city center on International Women's Day have the right to do so and express their views in marches.

What they do not have the right (no law supports this) is to damage—as a consequence of the above—people, businesses, institutions, or buildings, as they did unjustly and disproportionately in their demands.

The Guadalajara Cathedral was vandalized as never before. Now, the perimeter of this building, an emblem and cultural and religious heritage of this city, has been severely damaged. This is not the first time that acts of vandalism have occurred at the Cathedral, although not with such ferocity as this one. We believe that the State Government authorities, who had been requested to provide support to protect the building, should have prevented these events. When we requested assistance from the authorities, they responded that they could only erect fences, but without the presence of security personnel. They also stated that civilian personnel would be present to observe what happened.

Furthermore, we believe it is time to stop this type of vandalism, which goes beyond the right to public demonstration, by applying the appropriate law.

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