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October 3, 2024

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Issues Formal Apology for 1968 Student Massacre
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Mexico's newly inaugurated president has issued an historic apology for
the Tlatelolco massacre. It was October 2, 1968, when hundreds of
students were gunned down by soldiers as they held peaceful protests on
the eve of the Mexico City Olympic Games. On Wednesday, as one of her
first official acts, President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a decree
apologizing for the massacre 56 years ago.

President Claudia Sheinbaum: "Personally, to me, this is an obligation
today. I've said on other occasions that I'm a daughter of the 1968
movement. My mother participated in the student movement; she was a
professor at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. She participated
throughout the whole movement as a professor and helping students."



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