"Here!" the gatherers remember. "Here were the army tanks. There was a big hole in one of the buildings, and they hid the bodies in the basement and then took them to a crematory at Military Camp No. 1. They were never seen again, and years later when the earthquake hit, they kept finding bodies."
Las matanzas de 1968 y 1971 marcaron el inicio
de la guerra sucia y la guerrilla urbana en M�xico.
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"From where I was that night near the center of the city, though, I could hear distinctly the shots from the Plaza. Later, not knowing the full implications of what happened I went to work as a proof reader at EL DIA, one of among many newspapers in the city. On my way to work, I saw dozens of burned out busses and trolley cars. It was evident to me then that there had been a tremendous confrontation in the city between government forces and the students and workers.
After work the next morning, I went from apartment to apartment looking for my friends. No one seemed to be home at the first two apartments that I went to, on the third, however I was greeted by members of the Mexican secret police. Whether they were looking for me or not, I was immediately arrested and taken to a police station. I was put into a cold empty room, blindfolded, beaten and given electric shocks the entire day. It was an experience of horror. They wanted me to admit to a number of crimes against the State, which I never did."
A reflection on the Tlatelolco massacre of October 2, 1968�
Salvador Zarco
Tlataelolco Massacre:
Declassified U.S. Documents on Mexico and The Events of 1968
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Tlatelolco links at Rose-Hulman.edu
"More than a dozen black-and-white photos, published in El Universal beginning on Monday, show the corpses of young people who were shot, sliced with bayonets and mangled nearly beyond recognition on Oct. 2, 1968, in a clash between students and soldiers long known here as the Tlatelolco massacre.
"These are the most horrible photos ever published in Mexico," said Homero Aridjis, a noted poet and activist. He said the photos are proof that former presidents and other government officials lied for decades about the events at Tlatelolco square, which energized a generation of young activists and influenced the course of Mexican politics. "
Kevin Sullivan/Washington Post 02.14.02
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Mexico '68 - Thirty Years On
