US EditionRemembering the Tlatelolco Student Massacre of 1968
The annual march honors the 1968 student protest violently suppressed by government forces, with over 400 killed, marking a pivotal moment in Mexico's political history.
- The annual march on October 2 commemorated the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre and protested against violence in Gaza, as asserted by the participating protesters.
- Mexico City officials estimated that thousands joined the march, despite some vandalism and clashes with police, leading to several injuries reported by local press.
- Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that her government demanded the immediate repatriation of six Mexicans detained by Israel while carrying humanitarian aid.
- The Tlatelolco student massacre of 1968, where government troops killed over 400 people, significantly impacted Mexico's political landscape, leading to annual commemorations of the event.
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Diego CubillasMexico City, Oct. 2 (EFE).- With strong support for the Palestinian cause and under the cry “October 2 is not forgotten,” thousands of protesters came out on Wednesday to the streets of Mexico City demanding justice and truth about the student massacre 57 years ago, in 1968, in which more than 300 people were killed in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, in Tlatelolco, by the Mexican Armed Forces and paramilitary groups.
The head of government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada Molina, led the solemn act in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, where she reaffirmed the commitment of her administration to justice, memory and democratic freedoms, calling for an international call for peace and human rights, calling for the cessation of violence in the world and condemning genocide.At the beginning of her speech, the head of government highlighted the historical and political…
Remembering the Tlatelolco student massacre of 1968
The Tlatelolco student massacre of 1968 — one of the most pivotal events in modern Mexican history, one that the renowned National Security Archive organization has called “Mexico’s Tiananmen Square” — all began with a fracas between two rival public vocational high schools that erupted into an out-and-out brawl in a Mexico City marketplace built for the upcoming 1968 Olympics. The next day, riot police arrived at the two schools, wielding clubs…
Mexico City. Committee 68 took to the streets again, 57 years later to commemorate the student massacre of October 2, 1968 in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas of Tlatelolco at the hands of members of the Army. On this occasion they added, among their demands, the defense of Palestine and the demand that an end be put to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza “The silence against the genocides is complicity”, read in the banner supported by the member…
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