The Tlatelolco massacre was the killing of an estimated 30 to 300 students and civilians by military and police on October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City. The events are considered part of the Mexican Dirty War, when the government used its forces to suppress political opposition. The massacre occurred 10 days before the opening of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. More than 1,300 people were arrested by security police. There has been no consensus on how many were killed that day in the plaza area.
At the time the government and the mainstream media in Mexico claimed that government forces had been provoked by protesters shooting at them. But government documents made public since 2000 suggest that the snipers had been employed by the government. Estimates of the death toll ranged from 30 to 300, with eyewitnesses reporting hundreds dead. According to US national security archives, Kate Doyle, a Senior Analyst of US policy in Latin America, documented the deaths of 44 people. The head of the Federal Directorate of Security reported the arrests of 1,345 people on October 2.
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Fifty years ago, a group of student protesters were gunned down in the middle of a square in Mexico City.
At the time, authorities tried to cover up the true scale of what happened, but the Mexican government has now accepted it was a state crime.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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published: 02 Oct 2018
¿Qué pasó el 2 de octubre de 1968 en Tlatelolco?
Según declaraciones de las autoridades de la época, entre 30 y 40 personas fueron asesinadas
published: 02 Oct 2019
Protesters Clash With Police In Mexico on the Anniversary of Tlatelolco Massacre
Protesters scuffled with police officers on Saturday during a march in Mexico City to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tlatelolco
Massacre where soldiers killed as many as 300 people at a student protest on October 2, 1968.
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Matanza de Tlatelolco: qué pasó el 2 de octubre de 1968
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La tarde del 2 de octubre de 1968 dos bengalas rojas iluminaron la plaza de las Tres Culturas de Tlatelolco y cambiaron para siempre la historia de México.
Esa fue la señal de inicio de la "Operación Galeana", una operación militar que tenía el objetivo de dispersar la manifestación estudiantil convocada por el Consejo Nacional de Huelga (CNH), el movimiento estudiantil que en los últimos meses había protagonizado varias protestas en todo el país para pedir más libertades y menos autoritarismo por parte del Estado.
Desde la plaza y algunos edificios cercanos las fuerzas armadas abrieron fuego contra la gente allí reunida.
En pocas horas, decenas de personas - algunos centenares, según varias organizaciones y te...
published: 02 Oct 2018
MEXICO: ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 TLATELOLCO MASSACRE DEMONSTRATION
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Calm has returned to Mexico City after angry students, unemployed workers and other protesters, marched on Mexico City's main square Monday, hijacking and burning several buses.
The students were commemorating October 2, 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration that has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Some 50-thousand students from all over the country gathered in Mexico City for the demonstration.
They rallied at the Plaza of the Three Cultures- on the east-side neighbourhood of Tlatelolco to commemorate the day, Oct. 2, in 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration.
The demonstrators Monday spray-painted walls with slogans like:
"October 2 will never be forgotten."
The rally quickly turned...
published: 21 Jul 2015
Activists stage memorial to commemorate Tlatelolco massacre
Activists stage an art memorial on Mexico City's Zocalo square to commemorate the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, during which Mexican troops opened fire on student demonstrators, killing hundreds just days before Mexico City hosted the 1968 Olympics.
published: 02 Oct 2018
A Crash Course in Mexican History #7: Mexico 68 and The Tlatelolco Massacre
The Tlatelolco Massacre remains one of the most terrible things the PRI government has ever done. Some people argue that if it wasn't for the Mexico City Olympics and the protests of the summer of 1968, things may have been different. Others argue that tensions between the PRI and its own people would have resulted in tragedy eventually.
In 2017, it's difficult to say what could have been done to prevent the Tlatelolco Massacre.
People always imagine that, if they went back in time, they could change the past with a few small actions. The lesson to learn from the Tlatelolco Massacre is that -- if this is true -- it's equally possible to make the future better with just a small actions.
Fifty years ago, a group of student protesters were gunned down in the middle of a square in Mexico City.
At the time, authorities tried to cover up the true s...
Fifty years ago, a group of student protesters were gunned down in the middle of a square in Mexico City.
At the time, authorities tried to cover up the true scale of what happened, but the Mexican government has now accepted it was a state crime.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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Fifty years ago, a group of student protesters were gunned down in the middle of a square in Mexico City.
At the time, authorities tried to cover up the true scale of what happened, but the Mexican government has now accepted it was a state crime.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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Protesters scuffled with police officers on Saturday during a march in Mexico City to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tlatelolco
Massacre where soldiers...
Protesters scuffled with police officers on Saturday during a march in Mexico City to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tlatelolco
Massacre where soldiers killed as many as 300 people at a student protest on October 2, 1968.
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La tarde del 2 de octubre de 1968 dos bengalas rojas iluminaron la plaza de las Tres Culturas de Tlatelolco y cambiaron para siempre la historia de México.
Esa fue la señal de inicio de la "Operación Galeana", una operación militar que tenía el objetivo de dispersar la manifestación estudiantil convocada por el Consejo Nacional de Huelga (CNH), el movimiento estudiantil que en los últimos meses había protagonizado varias protestas en todo el país para pedir más libertades y menos autoritarismo por parte del Estado.
Desde la plaza y algunos edificios cercanos las fuerzas armadas abrieron fuego contra la gente allí reunida.
En pocas horas, decenas de personas - algunos centenares, según varias organizaciones y testigos directos- murieron, mientras que un millar de estudiantes fueron detenidos.
50 años después de lo que el intelectual Carlos Monsiváis -testigo de los hechos - definió "simplemente un infierno", quedan aún muchos lados oscuros.
Como por ejemplo el número exacto de víctimas, que ni labor de investigación la Fiscalía Especial para Movimientos Sociales y Políticos del Pasado (FEMOSPP) consiguió esclarecer.
En los días previos a la inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos, que por primera vez se celebrarían en un país latinoamericano, la BBC reporteó desde Ciudad de México esos trágicos acontecimientos que serían recordados como la matanza de Tlatelolco.
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La tarde del 2 de octubre de 1968 dos bengalas rojas iluminaron la plaza de las Tres Culturas de Tlatelolco y cambiaron para siempre la historia de México.
Esa fue la señal de inicio de la "Operación Galeana", una operación militar que tenía el objetivo de dispersar la manifestación estudiantil convocada por el Consejo Nacional de Huelga (CNH), el movimiento estudiantil que en los últimos meses había protagonizado varias protestas en todo el país para pedir más libertades y menos autoritarismo por parte del Estado.
Desde la plaza y algunos edificios cercanos las fuerzas armadas abrieron fuego contra la gente allí reunida.
En pocas horas, decenas de personas - algunos centenares, según varias organizaciones y testigos directos- murieron, mientras que un millar de estudiantes fueron detenidos.
50 años después de lo que el intelectual Carlos Monsiváis -testigo de los hechos - definió "simplemente un infierno", quedan aún muchos lados oscuros.
Como por ejemplo el número exacto de víctimas, que ni labor de investigación la Fiscalía Especial para Movimientos Sociales y Políticos del Pasado (FEMOSPP) consiguió esclarecer.
En los días previos a la inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos, que por primera vez se celebrarían en un país latinoamericano, la BBC reporteó desde Ciudad de México esos trágicos acontecimientos que serían recordados como la matanza de Tlatelolco.
(3 Oct 1995) Natural Sound
Calm has returned to Mexico City after angry students, unemployed workers and other protesters, marched on Mexico City's main sq...
(3 Oct 1995) Natural Sound
Calm has returned to Mexico City after angry students, unemployed workers and other protesters, marched on Mexico City's main square Monday, hijacking and burning several buses.
The students were commemorating October 2, 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration that has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Some 50-thousand students from all over the country gathered in Mexico City for the demonstration.
They rallied at the Plaza of the Three Cultures- on the east-side neighbourhood of Tlatelolco to commemorate the day, Oct. 2, in 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration.
The demonstrators Monday spray-painted walls with slogans like:
"October 2 will never be forgotten."
The rally quickly turned into a protest for the economic crisis afflicting Mexico.
The demonstration was mainly peaceful, although inter-college rivalry led to some fighting.
On October 2 1968 police opened fire on a group of protesters who marched to the Tlatelolco neighbourhood to protest against the authoritarian government.
At least 300 protesters were killed by gunfire although some reports put the death toll far higher. The crackdown has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Most of the crowd Monday evening dispersed peacefully, but a group of around 15- hundred later marched 20 blocks for a second rally at the Zocalo- the capital's main square downtown.
Two occupants in a car that tried to force their way through the marchers were pulled out and beaten up. They were taken away in an ambulance.
On the way, the students hijacked around 15 city buses, and burned four of them at the Zocalo.
One student was injured when he fell off the top of a hijacked bus.
At least five demonstrators were arrested.
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(3 Oct 1995) Natural Sound
Calm has returned to Mexico City after angry students, unemployed workers and other protesters, marched on Mexico City's main square Monday, hijacking and burning several buses.
The students were commemorating October 2, 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration that has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Some 50-thousand students from all over the country gathered in Mexico City for the demonstration.
They rallied at the Plaza of the Three Cultures- on the east-side neighbourhood of Tlatelolco to commemorate the day, Oct. 2, in 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration.
The demonstrators Monday spray-painted walls with slogans like:
"October 2 will never be forgotten."
The rally quickly turned into a protest for the economic crisis afflicting Mexico.
The demonstration was mainly peaceful, although inter-college rivalry led to some fighting.
On October 2 1968 police opened fire on a group of protesters who marched to the Tlatelolco neighbourhood to protest against the authoritarian government.
At least 300 protesters were killed by gunfire although some reports put the death toll far higher. The crackdown has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Most of the crowd Monday evening dispersed peacefully, but a group of around 15- hundred later marched 20 blocks for a second rally at the Zocalo- the capital's main square downtown.
Two occupants in a car that tried to force their way through the marchers were pulled out and beaten up. They were taken away in an ambulance.
On the way, the students hijacked around 15 city buses, and burned four of them at the Zocalo.
One student was injured when he fell off the top of a hijacked bus.
At least five demonstrators were arrested.
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Activists stage an art memorial on Mexico City's Zocalo square to commemorate the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, during which Mexican troops opened fire on student d...
Activists stage an art memorial on Mexico City's Zocalo square to commemorate the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, during which Mexican troops opened fire on student demonstrators, killing hundreds just days before Mexico City hosted the 1968 Olympics.
Activists stage an art memorial on Mexico City's Zocalo square to commemorate the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, during which Mexican troops opened fire on student demonstrators, killing hundreds just days before Mexico City hosted the 1968 Olympics.
The Tlatelolco Massacre remains one of the most terrible things the PRI government has ever done. Some people argue that if it wasn't for the Mexico City Olympi...
The Tlatelolco Massacre remains one of the most terrible things the PRI government has ever done. Some people argue that if it wasn't for the Mexico City Olympics and the protests of the summer of 1968, things may have been different. Others argue that tensions between the PRI and its own people would have resulted in tragedy eventually.
In 2017, it's difficult to say what could have been done to prevent the Tlatelolco Massacre.
People always imagine that, if they went back in time, they could change the past with a few small actions. The lesson to learn from the Tlatelolco Massacre is that -- if this is true -- it's equally possible to make the future better with just a small actions.
The Tlatelolco Massacre remains one of the most terrible things the PRI government has ever done. Some people argue that if it wasn't for the Mexico City Olympics and the protests of the summer of 1968, things may have been different. Others argue that tensions between the PRI and its own people would have resulted in tragedy eventually.
In 2017, it's difficult to say what could have been done to prevent the Tlatelolco Massacre.
People always imagine that, if they went back in time, they could change the past with a few small actions. The lesson to learn from the Tlatelolco Massacre is that -- if this is true -- it's equally possible to make the future better with just a small actions.
Fifty years ago, a group of student protesters were gunned down in the middle of a square in Mexico City.
At the time, authorities tried to cover up the true scale of what happened, but the Mexican government has now accepted it was a state crime.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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Protesters scuffled with police officers on Saturday during a march in Mexico City to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tlatelolco
Massacre where soldiers killed as many as 300 people at a student protest on October 2, 1968.
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La tarde del 2 de octubre de 1968 dos bengalas rojas iluminaron la plaza de las Tres Culturas de Tlatelolco y cambiaron para siempre la historia de México.
Esa fue la señal de inicio de la "Operación Galeana", una operación militar que tenía el objetivo de dispersar la manifestación estudiantil convocada por el Consejo Nacional de Huelga (CNH), el movimiento estudiantil que en los últimos meses había protagonizado varias protestas en todo el país para pedir más libertades y menos autoritarismo por parte del Estado.
Desde la plaza y algunos edificios cercanos las fuerzas armadas abrieron fuego contra la gente allí reunida.
En pocas horas, decenas de personas - algunos centenares, según varias organizaciones y testigos directos- murieron, mientras que un millar de estudiantes fueron detenidos.
50 años después de lo que el intelectual Carlos Monsiváis -testigo de los hechos - definió "simplemente un infierno", quedan aún muchos lados oscuros.
Como por ejemplo el número exacto de víctimas, que ni labor de investigación la Fiscalía Especial para Movimientos Sociales y Políticos del Pasado (FEMOSPP) consiguió esclarecer.
En los días previos a la inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos, que por primera vez se celebrarían en un país latinoamericano, la BBC reporteó desde Ciudad de México esos trágicos acontecimientos que serían recordados como la matanza de Tlatelolco.
(3 Oct 1995) Natural Sound
Calm has returned to Mexico City after angry students, unemployed workers and other protesters, marched on Mexico City's main square Monday, hijacking and burning several buses.
The students were commemorating October 2, 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration that has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Some 50-thousand students from all over the country gathered in Mexico City for the demonstration.
They rallied at the Plaza of the Three Cultures- on the east-side neighbourhood of Tlatelolco to commemorate the day, Oct. 2, in 1968 when the army opened fire on a student demonstration.
The demonstrators Monday spray-painted walls with slogans like:
"October 2 will never be forgotten."
The rally quickly turned into a protest for the economic crisis afflicting Mexico.
The demonstration was mainly peaceful, although inter-college rivalry led to some fighting.
On October 2 1968 police opened fire on a group of protesters who marched to the Tlatelolco neighbourhood to protest against the authoritarian government.
At least 300 protesters were killed by gunfire although some reports put the death toll far higher. The crackdown has since become known as the Tlatelolco Massacre.
Most of the crowd Monday evening dispersed peacefully, but a group of around 15- hundred later marched 20 blocks for a second rally at the Zocalo- the capital's main square downtown.
Two occupants in a car that tried to force their way through the marchers were pulled out and beaten up. They were taken away in an ambulance.
On the way, the students hijacked around 15 city buses, and burned four of them at the Zocalo.
One student was injured when he fell off the top of a hijacked bus.
At least five demonstrators were arrested.
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Activists stage an art memorial on Mexico City's Zocalo square to commemorate the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, during which Mexican troops opened fire on student demonstrators, killing hundreds just days before Mexico City hosted the 1968 Olympics.
The Tlatelolco Massacre remains one of the most terrible things the PRI government has ever done. Some people argue that if it wasn't for the Mexico City Olympics and the protests of the summer of 1968, things may have been different. Others argue that tensions between the PRI and its own people would have resulted in tragedy eventually.
In 2017, it's difficult to say what could have been done to prevent the Tlatelolco Massacre.
People always imagine that, if they went back in time, they could change the past with a few small actions. The lesson to learn from the Tlatelolco Massacre is that -- if this is true -- it's equally possible to make the future better with just a small actions.
The Tlatelolco massacre was the killing of an estimated 30 to 300 students and civilians by military and police on October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City. The events are considered part of the Mexican Dirty War, when the government used its forces to suppress political opposition. The massacre occurred 10 days before the opening of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. More than 1,300 people were arrested by security police. There has been no consensus on how many were killed that day in the plaza area.
At the time the government and the mainstream media in Mexico claimed that government forces had been provoked by protesters shooting at them. But government documents made public since 2000 suggest that the snipers had been employed by the government. Estimates of the death toll ranged from 30 to 300, with eyewitnesses reporting hundreds dead. According to US national security archives, Kate Doyle, a Senior Analyst of US policy in Latin America, documented the deaths of 44 people. The head of the Federal Directorate of Security reported the arrests of 1,345 people on October 2.