Mexico: Weekly Newsletter
We hereby share an unofficial translation of the part on Mexico from the latest Weekly Newsletter published by Sol Rojo on October 05.
It has been 58 years since the Tlatelolco massacre on October 2, 1968, when students, workers, housewives, and residents were massacred by the despicable Mexican army under the orders of the fascists Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (President of the Republic), Luis Echeverría Álvarez (Secretary of the Interior), and Marcelino García Barragán (Secretary of Defense and grandfather of Omar García Harfuch, the current Federal Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection).
The Tlatelolco massacre was a crime by the State, committed by political actors and the armed forces under the protection of those in power, just as the “Night of Iguala” on September 14, 2014, in Guerrero. For the student movement and popular movements in our country, there is a clear connection between these two dates, which makes the Mexican army’s involvement and the Mexican State’s responsibility abundantly clear.
As every year, in Mexico City and various cities across the country, there were major demonstrations in commemoration of this date, in which thousands of people participated.
In Mexico City, riot police attacked protesters and commuters as they exited the Tlatelolco metro station, where the press also documented attacks against them by police officers (some dressed in plain clothes). These acts of aggression reveal the pattern being followed by Clara Brugada’s opportunistic government against popular movements. During the march, protesters painted graffiti, put up posters, and there were some skirmishes with the police. When the march reached the Zócalo, students threw firecrackers, rockets, and some Molotov cocktails at the police barricades.
According to reports from the City Government, at least 8,000 people participated in the demonstration, for which 4,422 riot police were deployed, along with 500 officials tasked with “dialogue and coexistence,” and 180 ERUM paramedics. The toll from the protests stands at 18 injured, including a young student whose firecracker exploded in his right hand before he could throw it at the police.
October 2 will not be forgetten… it is a day of militant struggle!
Neither forgive nor forget – punish the murderers!
Tlatelolco and Ayotzinapa, it was the army, it was the State!
