"SHOE FACTORY"

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28 August 2025

Women work in the plastic container assembly area inside the El Oso shoe polish factory, located in Mexico City, Mexico, in its new facilities, after officers from the Secretariat of Citizen Security and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office arbitrarily and violently remove their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute. On August 27, 2025.

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#12683172

28 August 2025

The grease filling area on aluminum containers is inside the El Oso shoe polish factory in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 27, 2025, after officers from the Citizen Security Secretariat and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office arbitrarily and violently remove its supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute.

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28 August 2025

The grease filling area on aluminum containers is inside the El Oso shoe polish factory in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 27, 2025, after officers from the Citizen Security Secretariat and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office arbitrarily and violently remove its supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute.

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28 August 2025

The grease filling area on aluminum containers is inside the El Oso shoe polish factory in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 27, 2025, after officers from the Citizen Security Secretariat and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office arbitrarily and violently remove its supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute.

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#12683170

28 August 2025

On August 27, 2025, workers at the El Oso shoe polish factory in Mexico City, Mexico, offer a tour of their new facilities to the media. This occurs after officers from the Ministry of Citizen Security and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office in the capital arbitrarily and violently remove their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year, following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute. Workers at El Oso report that the clerk, Ernesto Gonzalez Escobar, demands a payment of 100,000 pesos in advance for the use of electricity, for ''starting and using the machinery,'' and for removing the supplies used in the production of shoe polish. From that day on, the company has 10 business days to collect its belongings and move them to its new facilities in the Iztapalapa borough, where it currently resides. According to information from the El Oso factory, its history begins at the beginning of the 20th century with Don Prisciliano Perez Buenrostro, originally from Jalpan, Queretaro, who arrives in Mexico City with an entrepreneurial spirit and a clear vision: to build something of his own. He takes his first steps as a popular photographer at the Chapultepec Zoo, where he witnesses the arrival of the first polar bear to the park. That powerful and symbolic image becomes the inspiration for the company's name years later. The El Oso factory is a 100% Mexican company with a presence throughout the country and exports to destinations such as the United States, Cuba, France, Norway, and Japan.

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#12269025

16 April 2025

A worker produces shoes at a home shoe factory in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in April 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump imposes a new import tariff of 32 percent on products from Indonesia. With the additional tariff, the total burden on Indonesian products could reach 37 percent. This tariff dramatically impacts exports such as electronics, footwear, and garments, contributing significantly to Indonesia's trade surplus with the U.S. of $16.84 billion in 2024.

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16 April 2025

A worker produces shoes at a home shoe factory in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in April 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump imposes a new import tariff of 32 percent on products from Indonesia. With the additional tariff, the total burden on Indonesian products could reach 37 percent. This tariff dramatically impacts exports such as electronics, footwear, and garments, contributing significantly to Indonesia's trade surplus with the U.S. of $16.84 billion in 2024.

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16 April 2025

A worker produces shoes at a home shoe factory in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in April 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump imposes a new import tariff of 32 percent on products from Indonesia. With the additional tariff, the total burden on Indonesian products could reach 37 percent. This tariff dramatically impacts exports such as electronics, footwear, and garments, contributing significantly to Indonesia's trade surplus with the U.S. of $16.84 billion in 2024.

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16 April 2025

A worker produces shoes at a home shoe factory in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in April 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump imposes a new import tariff of 32 percent on products from Indonesia. With the additional tariff, the total burden on Indonesian products could reach 37 percent. This tariff dramatically impacts exports such as electronics, footwear, and garments, contributing significantly to Indonesia's trade surplus with the U.S. of $16.84 billion in 2024.

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#12106775

1 March 2025

Workers from the El Oso shoe polish factory, before entering the building located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, on February 28, 2025, begin removing their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that are guarded after the night of January 17 and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted following an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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1 March 2025

Workers from the El Oso shoe polish factory, before entering the building located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, on February 28, 2025, begin removing their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that are guarded after the night of January 17 and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted following an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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1 March 2025

Workers from the El Oso shoe polish factory, before entering the building located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, on February 28, 2025, begin removing their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that are guarded after the night of January 17 and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted following an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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1 March 2025

Workers from the El Oso shoe polish factory, before entering the building located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, on February 28, 2025, begin removing their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that are guarded after the night of January 17 and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted following an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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1 March 2025

Workers from the El Oso shoe polish factory, before entering the building located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, on February 28, 2025, begin removing their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that are guarded after the night of January 17 and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted following an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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#12106784

1 March 2025

Workers inside the El Oso shoe polish factory, located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 28, 2025, begin the removal of their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that were guarded after the night of January 17, 2025, and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted after an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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1 March 2025

Workers from the El Oso shoe polish factory, before entering the building located at 145 Popocatepetl Avenue in the Colonia Portales Sur in Mexico City, on February 28, 2025, begin removing their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and tools that are guarded after the night of January 17 and the early morning of Saturday, January 18, 2025. They are violently evicted following an operation coordinated by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security and personnel from the Benito Juarez mayor's office of the capital, due to a dispute between individuals.

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