During the commemoration of Labor Day, a group of sex workers from the Merced neighborhood of Mexico City demonstrated to demand respect for their work, an end to the criminalization of their work, an end to extortion by the police and organized crime groups, and support from the Mexican government to provide security. During the protest, they remembered their female and transgender colleagues who have been victims of femicides and transfeminicides and who have not received justice from the authorities. Mexico Mexico - ZUMAp204 20250501_zip_p204_015

May 1, 2025, Mexico, Cdmx, Mexico: During the commemoration of Labor Day, a group of sex workers from the Merced neighborhood of Mexico City demonstrated to demand respect for their work, an end to the criminalization of their work, an end to extortion by the police and organized crime groups, and support from the Mexican government to provide security. During the protest, they remembered their female and transgender colleagues who have been victims of femicides and transfeminicides and who have not received justice from the authorities. Mexico Mexico - ZUMAp204 20250501_zip_p204_015