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Massacre of Tlatelolco
a) When did the Tlatelolco massacre happen?
October 2, 1968
b) Why did the fact originate?
By a student protest movement, after the IPN schools were occupied by the
police and there was student control by the government.
c) Where exactly did the massacre occur?
In the square of the three cultures in Tlatelolco, in Mexico City
d) Who were the victims of the Tlatelolco massacre?
Students from the two main schools in the country (IPN and UNAM) as well
as teachers and families who followed and supported the movement
e) How many people died in the Tlatelolco massacre?
There are no real figures of the dead, until the latest data that an English
reporter collected, speaks of about 325 dead and thousands of injured in
addition to the people who were arrested and taken to prison.