On this day in 1968 the Mexican government assaulted a gathering of 10,000 university and high school students assembled in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. The peaceful gathering was part of a series of Mexican protests aimed at the PRI government that had commenced during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
The government reacted by deploying the military and the police. Efforts to arrest some of those attending turned violent in a yet unknown manner and between 300 to 400 people were killed.
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