Protesters Drive Truck into ‘National Palace’ in Mexico (Video)

Protesters used a pickup truck to batter down the front doors of Mexico City’sNational Palace on Tuesday, part of a demonstration to demand answers about 43 students who disappeared nearly ten years ago.

The students are believed to have been abducted by local officers in Iguala, Guerrero, and then turned over to a local drug gang who killed and burned them. Since 2014, the remains of only three students have been identified.

A video shared to X by news anchor Azucena Uresti showed dozens of people crowded around the entrance to the palace. A group of protesters physically pushed a white truck backwards into the heavy wooden doors.

#ÚLTIMAHORA | Con una camioneta, fue derribada una de las puertas de Palacio Nacional #AzucenaxFórmula pic.twitter.com/oLLeZTFshc

— Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) March 6, 2024

Another video posted to X showed a few protesters who managed to gain access to the entryway.

Así luce el interior del acceso lateral a Palacio Nacional por el que lograron ingresar. No avanzaron más allá de ese punto. En este momento ya terminó la protesta y dará comienzo el mitin de los padres y madres de los 43 desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa. pic.twitter.com/GGA6hQdWmW

— Fernanda (@ferguzauria) March 6, 2024

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denounced the incident, saying it was “nothing,” while adding that the wooden doors would need to be fixed. 

“This is a movement against us,” he said. “The plan is to create a provocation.”