WORST

MISTAKES IN
MEXICO'S
HISTORY
TLATELOLCO
MASSACRE
On 2 October 1968, 10 days before the
Summer Olympics in Mexico City,
government forces opened fire on a
student protest in the capital’s Tlatelolco
plaza. Official sources stated that the
number of dead was in the dozens, but
students claimed hundreds died in what
has become known as the Tlatelolco
massacre.
1985 MEXICO CITY EARTHQUAKE

The 1985 Mexico City

earthquake struck in the early
morning of 19 September at
07:17:50 (CST) with a moment
magnitude of 8.0 and a
maximal Mercalli intensity of
IX (Violent). The event caused
serious damage to the Greater
Mexico City area and the
deaths of at least 5,000
people.
2014 AYOTZINAPA MASS
KIDNAPPING

On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students

from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College were
forcibly abducted and then disappeared in Iguala,
Guerrero, Mexico. They were allegedly taken into
custody by local police officers from Iguala and
Cocula in collusion with organized crime. The mass
kidnapping has caused continued international
protests and social unrest, leading to the resignation
of Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero in the
face of statewide protests on October 23, 2014.