Mexico City Remembers '68 Student Massacre By Police in Tlatelolco Square Armando Tinoco - Latin Times
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1968 Massacre at Tlatelolco (alusru)

The Tlatelolco massacre is one of the darkest days in Mexico's modern history as it resulted in the massive student massacre on the night of October 2, 1968. The event took place at the "Plaza De Las Tres Culturas" in Tlatelolco, Mexico City and it happened just 10 days before the opening ceremony of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games.

At the time it was said that the government used force only as defense from the protesters when they started shooting at them, but records that were release in 2000 suggest that these snipers were under Mexican government orders. The death toll is not known exactly but it ranges from 30 up to 300 with over 1,300 people arrested according to the Center for Research And National Security.

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