Terrifying videos show furious crowds breaching Mexico's National Palace as a Gen Z-fuelled protest over crime and corruption spirals into violence, leaving more than 100 injured and dozens arrested.

Several thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest crime, corruption and impunity in a demonstration organized by members of Generation Z, but which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties.

Other marches took place in various cities across Mexico, including in the western state of Michoacan, where anger has flared over the murder on November 1 of Uruapan Mayor Carlos