A photo slideshow of the Mexican student movement and the Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968. These photographs were provided to Radio Diaries by the Acervo Comité 68.
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In July 1968, the historical door of Mexican high school Preparatoria No.1, was blown open by police with a bazooka. This sparked the student movement.
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A confrontation between armed troops and Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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Mexican students protesting in 1968.
In addition to the deaths, thousands of students were beaten and jailed on October 2, 1968.
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Mexican students protesting on the night of August 27, 1968.
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Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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In addition to the deaths, thousands of students were beaten and jailed on October 2, 1968.
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Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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A confrontation between armed troops and Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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Mexican students were targeted by army troops during protests in 1968.
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On August 27, 1968, the student-led National Strike Council staged the largest antigovernment demonstration to date. Half a million protestors demanded a response from President Gustavo Diaz-Ordaz in the main plaza of the capital, El Zocalo.
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Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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Thousands of Mexican students protesting in 1968.
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Mexican students were beaten, jailed, and killed by the Mexican army on October 2, 1968.
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A student protest on August 27, 1968, in Mexico City.
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Just 10 days before the opening of the Olympic Games, the Mexican army fired on student protesters in the Tlatelolco Massacre.
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On October 2, 1968, in addition to those killed, thousands of Mexican students were beaten and jailed.
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The government claims only 4 casualties, but eyewitnesses say they saw hundreds of dead bodies being trucked away after the Tlatelolco Massacre on October 2, 1968.
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Student protesters gather in the Zocalo, the central square of Mexico City in 1968.
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A confrontation between Mexican student protesters and army troops in 1968.
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An unknown number of Mexican students were killed in the Tlatelolco Massacre on October 2, 1968.
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Mexican student protesters in 1968.
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A burned bus after a student protest in 1968.
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A student protester in September 1968.