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https://griid.org/2011/10/02/october-2-1968-%E2%80%93-mexican-students-massacred-%E2%80%93-ni-perdon-ni-olvido/

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Even after the shooting was over, soldiers stormed into houses of people in the Chihuahua building , a 13 story building, to hunt down the remaining students.

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1968 US track runner John Carlos says while the actions that US athletes took during the 1968 Olympics were important, the most important thing we should remember was the sacrifices that the hundreds of Mexican students made to promote freedom and liberty

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People expressed concern for how the student “agitation” would negatively impact the 1968 Olympics.

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The US government was claiming that the students were pawns of the Soviet Union.

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"For decades the government tried to cover up what the Mexican army did on October 2, 1968. There have been numerous attempts to investigate the crimes committed that day, but no government official was willing to let the truth come out."

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During the protest, 5000 soldiers and 200 tankettes and trucks were reported being sent to disband the group.

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The United States knew of the plot, but did not interfere, allowing the massacre of hundreds.

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Documents lied that only 4 were dead and 20 injured when eyewitnesses claim there was more than 300

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Documents later revealed that snipers had been placed to shoot in order to incite the shooting from military officials onto the students

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President made order to eliminate the protestors as they were believed to be an obstruction as they were to host the olympics in ten days.

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Protest was incited by people wanting the resignation of a official and the repeal of Article 145 and 145A in the Mexican constitution which held prisoners of war and did not allow people to have peaceful assembly, which disobeyed a human right article.

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In Tlatelolco, Mexico, a group of peaceful protesters (about 300 college students) were cornered in 'la plaza de las tres culturas' by the Mexican military and were massacred.