Massacre of Tlatelolco
The Massacre of Tlatelolco took place in Mexico City on October 2, 1968, specifically at La Plaza de las Tres Culturas at Tlateolco. During that day thousands of students and families of students marched throughout the capital to make their voice heard. These marches started as peaceful demonstrations until the eve of October 2, 1968 which in no coincidence happened to be the eve before the Olympic Games being held in Mexico City. The protest were an effort to get global attention on a major country issues, even to this day, the poor funding of education systems in Mexico, self-government for universities, the release of political captives, and the termination of the police chief. During this time the president of Mexico was Gustavo Diáz Ordaz a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also known as el PRI.
The university and high school students, along with their families had been demonstrating throughout the country as well for some time since 1966, both peacefully and aggressively. In 1968 the International Olympic Committee granted Mexico the opportunity …show more content…
The attendance was reported to be more than 3,000, some reports even stating 5,000 where packed into the La Plaza de las Tres Culturas. Those in attendance had no idea of what would happen next. La Plaza de las Tres Culturas was surrounded by large buildings, One being a church and another a large apartment building. Angsighty started to grow as armed forces began to appear, but yet students’ stud their ground thinking it was just to make sure things did not get out of hand. Then shots began to get fired innocent, unarmed, students, fathers, and mothers were being caged in and slaughtered. Armed trucks and war tanks along with hundreds of military soldiers began taking aim, chasing, running over, wounding, and killing anyone in their
The Massacre of Tlatelolco took place in Mexico City on October 2, 1968, specifically at La Plaza de las Tres Culturas at Tlateolco. During that day thousands of students and families of students marched throughout the capital to make their voice heard. These marches started as peaceful demonstrations until the eve of October 2, 1968 which in no coincidence happened to be the eve before the Olympic Games being held in Mexico City. The protest were an effort to get global attention on a major country issues, even to this day, the poor funding of education systems in Mexico, self-government for universities, the release of political captives, and the termination of the police chief. During this time the president of Mexico was Gustavo Diáz Ordaz a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also known as el PRI.
The university and high school students, along with their families had been demonstrating throughout the country as well for some time since 1966, both peacefully and aggressively. In 1968 the International Olympic Committee granted Mexico the opportunity …show more content…
The attendance was reported to be more than 3,000, some reports even stating 5,000 where packed into the La Plaza de las Tres Culturas. Those in attendance had no idea of what would happen next. La Plaza de las Tres Culturas was surrounded by large buildings, One being a church and another a large apartment building. Angsighty started to grow as armed forces began to appear, but yet students’ stud their ground thinking it was just to make sure things did not get out of hand. Then shots began to get fired innocent, unarmed, students, fathers, and mothers were being caged in and slaughtered. Armed trucks and war tanks along with hundreds of military soldiers began taking aim, chasing, running over, wounding, and killing anyone in their