Several hundred Mexican heavy metal, skate punk and alternative rock fans joined forces last Friday, March 7, in the in the center of QuerГ©taro, Mexico to confront a group of “emos” who regularly use the city center as a gathering place. Four people were injured and 28 persons were arrested (22 of them minors) when more than a thousand youths clashed in the area of JardГn Guerrero, Plaza de Armas.
An Internet campaign is reportedly being waged to launch attacks against “emos” in other parts of the country, with various web postings portraying emos as “homosexuals” who give a “bad image” to tourists who visit their towns.
Watch Mexican TV footage and Internet video report on the anti-“emo” violence in QuerГ©taro here: