The Communist Youth Front (FJC) of Mexico took part in the mobilisations marking the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Mexico.
Communist Youth Front of Mexico mobilises around anniversary of Ayotzinapa
The main national demonstration was held in Mexico City on 26 September 2026, with the families of the 43 students leading a march from the Ángel de la Independencia to the Zócalo. Organisers demanded the continued investigation of the case, the presentation of the students and accountability for those responsible.
The FJC was among those supporting the Mexico City mobilisation. It participated through student and youth contingents alongside a range of left-wing, revolutionary and student organisations. A mobilisation point involving the FJC and other student organisations was organised at Ciudad Universitaria, from where participants travelled to join the main demonstration at the Ángel de la Independencia.
Ayotzinapa as part of a wider history of repression
In the days immediately preceding the anniversary, FJC also carried out political activity in Aguascalientes. On 25 September, representatives of the organisation, together with activist María de Jesús “Chuyita” Rangel Velázquez, participated in an activity commemorating the 12 years since the disappearance of the 43 students.
The organisation distributed a leaflet presenting Tlatelolco (1968), the disappearance of Rosendo Radilla (1974), Aguas Blancas (1995), Acteal (1997) and Ayotzinapa (2014) as connected episodes in what it described as a history of repression, disappearance and impunity in Mexico. The material used slogans including “México, despierta” and “sin verdad ni justicia” and called for organisation against disappearances.
The FJC therefore presented Ayotzinapa not simply as an isolated case but as part of a longer political history involving state violence, repression and unresolved disappearances.
The organisation's broader political message
FJC's social-media activity in the days before the anniversary similarly connected Ayotzinapa, Tlatelolco and repression against the Federación de Estudiantes Campesinos Socialistas de México (FECSM). FJC described these issues as manifestations of violence and oppression against Mexican youth and called for revolutionary organisation.
FJC described Omar García Harfuch, Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, as politically responsible for repression and linked him to the Ayotzinapa case.