This is material sent to me by my Spanish speaking correspondent, JJCastillo. It reminds me of the time in the United States when all this disruption and social upheaval was prevalent, the backwash of the civil unrest and protest against the Vietnam “war.”

Mexico’s tragedy unfolded on the night of October 2, 1968, when a student demonstration ended in a storm of bullets in La Plaza de las Tres Culturas at Tlatelolco, Mexico City. The extent of the violence stunned the country. When the shooting stopped, hundreds of people lay dead or wounded, as Army and police forces seized surviving protesters and dragged them away. Although months of nation-wide student strikes had prompted an increasingly hard-line response from the Diaz Ordaz regime, no one was prepared for the bloodbath that Tlatelolco became. More shocking still was the cover-up that kicked in as soon as the smoke cleared. Eye-witnesses to the killings pointed to the President’s “security” forces, who entered the plaza bristling with weapons, backed by armored vehicles. But the government pointed back, claiming that extremists and Communist agitators had initiated the violence. Who was responsible for Tlatelolco? The Mexican people have been demanding an answer ever since.

Here is a video about the October 02, 1968 incident.

México 68: El arte de la represión

En la Plaza de Tlaltelolco, ametralladoras, rifles, pistolas cruzaron un fuego tan intenso y ensordecedor, que ahogó los lamentos de quienes caían heridos

México 68: El arte de la represión - El Universal - México.

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