The Tlatelolco Massacre, a.k.a. The Night of Tlatelolco happened on October 2nd, 1968 in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City, when the military and men with guns shot student demonstrators. The death toll remains controversial. Some estimates place the number of deaths in the thousands, but most sources report between 200 and 300 deaths. The exact number of people who were arrested is also controversial.
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