https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3 GRIID Article en-us 2016-11-16 19:11:48 UTC 2023-03-29 01:29:11 UTC hello@padlet.com nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138221577 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.]]> 2016-11-16 19:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138221577 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138222244 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.]]> 2016-11-16 19:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138222244 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138222825 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.]]> 2016-11-16 19:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138222825 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138223043 Documents later revealed that snipers had been placed to shoot in order to incite the shooting from military officials onto the students]]> 2016-11-16 19:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138223043 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138223348 Documents lied that only 4 were dead and 20 injured when eyewitnesses claim there was more than 300]]> 2016-11-16 19:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138223348 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138223742 The United States knew of the plot, but did not interfere, allowing the massacre of hundreds.]]> 2016-11-16 19:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138223742 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138224281 During the protest, 5000 soldiers and 200 tankettes and trucks were reported being sent to disband the group.]]> 2016-11-16 19:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138224281 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138519577 "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."]]> 2016-11-17 18:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138519577 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138519767 The US government was claiming that the students were pawns of the Soviet Union.]]> 2016-11-17 18:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138519767 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138519965 People expressed concern for how the student “agitation” would negatively impact the 1968 Olympics.]]> 2016-11-17 18:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138519965 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138522591 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]]> 2016-11-17 18:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138522591 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138524149 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.]]> 2016-11-17 18:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138524149 nvacio18 https://padlet.com/nvacio18/m158p6jnddq3/wish/138533886 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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