Mexicans Remember Victims of the Tlatelolco Massacre
Mexicans Remember Victims of the Tlatelolco Massacre
<p>Over 300 students were murdered by the Mexican army during a peaceful protest that occurred 10 days before the 1968 Olympic Games.</p>
Over 300 students were murdered by the Mexican army during a peaceful protest that occurred 10 days before the 1968 Olympic Games.
On Monday, thousands of citizens gathered to demand answers from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) regarding the massacre that took place in Mexico City on October 2, 1968. The incident involved hundreds of students protesting against the administration of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz (1964-1970).
They marched from the Three Cultures Square in Tlatelolco, where the massacre occurred, to the Zocalo in front of the National Palace.
Mexico City's Citizen Security Secretary deployed hundreds of police officers, who engaged with protesters at some points along the route.
The march commemorates the 55th anniversary of the death of over 300 students in a massacre carried out by the Army and the "Olympia Battalion" paramilitary group during a peaceful protest that occurred 10 days before the 1968 Olympic Games.
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In reality, the number of people vanished that day is still unknown. The spread of guerilla groups after these events was notorious. The fight against a killer state carries on, after the Ayotzinapa events, when 43 students were vanished in 2014. The Mexican state has a lot of local enemies, the Mexican army will always be an enemy of these people at least until they know where are their beloved ones, dead or alive.