Tlatelolco massacre

The Night of Tlatelolco is know to represent the Tlatelolco massacre on October 2, 1968 in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas of Mexico City. This massacre is known as a government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City. Many of these protestors were protesting for the repeal of Articles 145 and 145b of the Penal Code, which sanctioned imprisonment of anyone attending meetings of three or more people and deemed it to be a public order threat. Much of the government propaganda and media in Mexico stated that it was the protestors that had bveen provoking the government by shooting at them, but public government documents state that snipers had been employed by the government to stop the protestors. The number of people dead ranged from thirty to a thousand, and eyewitnesses reported hundreds dead and many more arrested. The affect of this terrible event had many negative influences on the people of Mexico. With so many people killed there would be many children either with one parent alive or now orphaned. The trust of the Mexican people in their government must have gone down due to the government killing not only protestors but innocent bystanders too. Also, the fact that these Articles exist show to the people that the government is trying to do their best with controlling the public's wants and demands.