Bangladesh, Nov. 17 -- Mexico has been shaken by a powerful new wave of anti-corruption protests, overwhelmingly driven by young people and sparked by the early November assassination of Carlos Manzo, an anti-cartel mayor whose killing has become a symbol of state failure and unchecked criminal power. While Mexico is no stranger to demonstrations against violence or impunity, the scale, coordination, and generational makeup of the latest protests mark a significant escalation-placing Mexico firmly within a growing global movement of youth-led uprisings against entrenched corruption.

On November 15, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Mexico City, marching from the capitals central districts toward the National Palace in a u...