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Violent protests in Guadalajara over man killed by police for not wearing a mask

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Jalisco government palace in Guadalajara to express their outrage against the murder of Giovanni López, who was killed by municipal police.

Giovanni López has been labeled as "the Mexican George Floyd" by protesters.

Videos and images flood social networks in which protesters are seen setting fire to government vehicles. Protesters are demanding the death be investigated and policy changes are made to the law so the killing of people in police custody is stopped.

Alejandro Giovanni López was a 30-year-old man who . . .

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