the evening of October 2, 1968, a day after Army out of the UNAM campus and the IPN, thousands of people gathered in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco.
Meanwhile, army watch, as in all previous demonstrations, riots would not, mainly because the government was afraid it was broken into the Tower of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, members of the Olympia Battalion (whose members were dressed in civilian clothes with a handkerchief or white glove on the left hand) infiltrated the demonstration to reach the building, "Chihuahua" where were the speakers of the movement and journalists .
First press conference called by the Council of the UNAM Strike octubre.Cerca 5, six in the afternoon, almost after the event, a helicopter flew over the square which fired flares, presumably as signal for the Olympia Battalion stationed snipers in the building "Chihuahua" opened fire on demonstrators and soldiers who were guarding the site, to make them believe the latter, students were the aggressors. [8] The military in attempt to defend themselves, repelled "the attack of the students, but given the confusion, the shots were not directed against their aggressors, but to the crowd of protesters who were in the plaza of Tlatelolco.
Many protesters who escaped the shooting hid in some departments of the surrounding buildings, but this did not stop the army, without a warrant, broke each of the departments of all buildings which forms the unit Tlatelolco, to capture the demonstrators.
still unknown the exact number of dead and wounded. [9] The Mexican government said in 1968 that were only 20 deaths, three years later, writer Elena Poniatowska, in his book The Night of Tlatelolco published interview a mother who sought among the corpses to his son and revealed that at least had counted 65 bodies in one place. [10]
Jorge Castaneda in his article "68 68", published on 30 August 2006 Reforma newspaper wrote: 
According to the historical report on the Plaza Three Cultures died kabbalistically-68-students and a soldier ...". And any use of the security forces began to assimilate to 68 automatically, but magnified to 68: that of the 500, not the 68. All use of force became a slaughter in power ... " PROGRESS 
Memorial 2 OCTOBER NOT FORGET, MUCH LESS OAXACA, MARCH START OFF THE GAS STATION OF WAY XOXO CENTER, FROM 10:00 HRS ... WE WAIT. Dine in the fight.
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