Fifty-five years ago, Mexico’s authoritarian government killed students during a peaceful demonstration. It would later become known as the Tlatelolco massacre.
Mexican soldiers guard a group of young men, rounded up after the night that came to be known as the Tlatelolco massacre, in Mexico City.Mexico was the center of international attention in 1968 as it was set to host the Summer Olympics, an opportunity to showcase the nation’s economic growth and stability.
In the months leading up to the international sporting event, students rallied against the Mexican government, which had been under the rule of one political party — the Institutional Revolutionary Party — since 1929. Activists fought against the government’s economic and political suppression, particularly against labor unions.
On Oct. 2, 10 days before the start of the Olympics, an estimated 10,000 students peacefully assembled and demonstrated at the Plaza de La Tres Culturas. They chanted,The United Farm Workers union is endorsing President Biden for reelection, saying it would be a win for labor rights and the ‘daily lives of farmworkers across America.’The exact number of deaths is uncertain. Estimates range from 44 to more than 400 deaths.
The investigation resulted in genocide charges against former President Luis Echeverria, who was interior minister and in charge of national security at the time under the administration of President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.and its lasting impact on its 40th anniversary, noting that the attack has become a symbol of “Mexico’s entrenched culture of impunity, in which rampant killings and kidnappings are rarely resolved.
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