Committee Rejects CDMX Mayor Brugada’s Cultural Project at Tlaxcoaque Memorial

ByMexico Solidarity

This article originally appeared at Desinformémonos on February 4, 2026.

Mexico City. Members of the ¡Eureka! Committee demanded that the Head of Government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada Molina, halt the project to install an art school in the Tlaxcoaque building, a space identified as one of the main centers of torture and clandestine detention during the period of state political violence, and which is part of an ongoing investigation into forced disappearances and crimes committed by authorities.

The Committee recalled that on October 2, 2022, the property was declared “Tlaxcoaque, Site of Memory,” in a ceremony led by the then Head of Government and current President of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as part of the Memory Law initiative sent to the Congress of Mexico City. They pointed out that this declaration implies a commitment to the truth, the recovery of history, and the guarantee of non-repetition, and not a decision subject to political circumstances.

According to the Committee, Tlaxcoaque was secured by the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office after being declared a Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage site, with the aim of guaranteeing its preservation and allowing for the necessary forensic investigations. They indicated that the building must be preserved as it operated, since it is part of an active investigation and because it is integrated into the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Sites of Memory, along with other sites in 13 countries, which implies compliance with international protocols.

The Eureka! Committee urged Clara Brugada Molina to halt the cultural project, arguing that it contradicts the 2022 declaration and violates the rights of the victims and those who have demanded truth and justice for 50 years. They stated that intervening in the building is an arbitrary act that disregards the fight against impunity and the historical significance of the Tlaxcoaque Memorial Site.