Abigail, the Young Woman from México who Embodies the Struggle of a Generation Betrayed by Its Government
On the streets of Mexico City, amidst a historic crowd of brave young people, the voice of Abigail, a woman from Morelos, rose with a clarity that shames the political class in power. Her testimony, captured during the massive Generation Z March, is not just the complaint of one citizen, but the strident cry of an entire generation that feels abandoned, betrayed, and sold out by a government that prefers to protect cartels than its own people. Abigail, with a moving serenity, recounted the harsh reality that millions of Mexicans experience daily: constant extortion, the «protection fee» paid both to organized crime and to the authorities themselves, and the impossibility of prospering in a nation where the State has abdicated its most fundamental duty: the monopoly on force and the guarantee of security. Her story is living proof that Mexico is suffering a security crisis orchestrated from the highest spheres of power.
When asked if she felt forgotten, her response was a resounding «of course,» a phrase that echoes in every corner of the country. Abigail and the thousands of young people accompanying her are not in the streets because they are manipulated by an opposition political party, as the official regime narrative implies. Their movement is organic, authentic, and deeply patriotic. It is the response of a citizenry that has exhausted all peaceful avenues of dialogue and is forced to take to the streets to demand what no government has been able to provide: the possibility of living without fear. Their struggle is not left or right; it is a struggle for survival, for the right to start a business without being extorted by both the cartel and the government, for the ability to grow in their own land without being displaced by violence.
The most heartbreaking part of Abigail’s testimony is the normalization of grief. By mentioning that in her close circle they have lost family and friends to the cartels, she exposes the open wound of a nation in a state of permanent mourning. This is not a statistical abstraction; it is the day-to-day reality of entire communities watching life slip away between impotence and state complicity. The bravery of these young people, including Abigail, who comes from a complex environment like Tepito, lies in the fact that, despite knowing that «sometimes you can’t,» they take to the streets to seek among themselves the protection the State denies them. Their neighborhood solidarity is an act of resistance in the face of a deliberate power vacuum.
The hypocrisy of Claudia Sheinbaum’s government is exposed when Abigail points to the president’s own militant past. While Sheinbaum and her party now label these young people as «porros» (thugs) or agitators, history reveals that she herself participated in protests during her university youth. The vast difference, however, is that the struggles of the current administration were tinged with a clear ideology, while the struggle of Abigail and her generation is existential: it is for life itself. The call of these young people is not for an ideological revolution, but for the restoration of constitutional order and the application of justice. Abigail is not asking for a system change; she is asking for the system to work, for the law to be enforced, and for Mexico to stop being a battlefield and become, once again, a home for its citizens.
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