Editing Tlatelolco massacre (section)

== Remembrance ==
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[[File:Marcha2oct2014 ohs27.jpg|thumb|Demonstration marking the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, 2014.]]
In 1993, in remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the events, a [[stele]] was dedicated with the names of a few of the students and persons who lost their lives during the event. The [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation]] has a mural commemorating the massacre.

During June 2006, days before the controversial [[Controversies of the 2006 Mexican general election|presidential election of 2006]], 84-year-old Echeverría was charged with genocide in connection with the massacre. He was placed under house arrest pending trial. In early July of that year (after the presidential elections), he was cleared of genocide charges, as the judge found that Echeverría could not be put on trial because the [[statute of limitations]] had expired.

In December 2008 the Mexican Senate named October 2 starting in 2009 as a National Day of Mourning;  the initiative had already passed the Deputies' Chamber of Congress.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allier|first=Eugenia|date=2016|title=Memory and history of mexico '68|journal=European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies|volume=102|issue=102|pages=7–25|doi=10.18352/erlacs.10092|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Alejandro Encinas, undersecretary of Human Rights, Population, and Migration, said on October 2, [[2020 in Mexico|2020]] that the federal government would remove the names of "repressors" involved in the 1968 student movement and ''[[El Halconazo]]'' of 1971 from public places. He specifically proposed that the [[Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport]] in Puerto Vallarta should be renamed. He also promised that 8,000 boxes of archives, including those in possession of the military, would be digitalized and made public.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vázquez |first1=Fabiola |title=Retirarán nombres de 'represores' del 68 y Halconazo de lugares públicos |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/retirar%C3%A1n-nombres-de-represores-del-68-y-halconazo-de-lugares-p%C3%BAblicos/ar-BB19EUBz?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=October 3, 2020 |work=msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>

On 2 October 2024, President [[Claudia Sheinbaum]], whose mother was dismissed from her job as a professor for denouncing the massacre, issued an official apology for the incident.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mexico's new president offers apology for 1968 student massacre |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241002-mexico-s-new-president-offers-apology-for-1968-student-massacre |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=France 24 |language=en-US}}</ref> 

===40th anniversary march===
On October 2, 2008, two marches were held in Mexico City to commemorate the event. One traveled from Escuela Normal Superior de Maestros (Teacher's College) to the [[Zocalo]]. The other went from the [[Instituto Politécnico Nacional]] to the massacre site of the [[Plaza de las Tres Culturas]]. According to the "Comité del 68" (68 Committee), one of the organizers of the event, 40,000 marchers were in attendance.<ref name="anniversary">{{cite news|title=Multitudinario mitin en el Zócalo por el 2 de octubre |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2008/10/02/se-preven-4-marchas-en-el-df-para-conmemorar-la-matanza-del-68 |work=[[La Jornada]] |location=Mexico City |date=October 2, 2008 |access-date=October 6, 2008 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005045741/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2008/10/02/se-preven-4-marchas-en-el-df-para-conmemorar-la-matanza-del-68 |archive-date=October 5, 2008 }}</ref>
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Image:HeadMarch2Oct2008DF.JPG|Head of march from the teachers' college to the Zocalo
Image:March2ndOct2008DF1.JPG|Part of the march to the Zocalo
Image:NoOlvido2Oct2008DF.JPG|Sign states "No estuve ahí pero no olvido" (I wasn't there but I do not forget)
Image:DrawingBlood2Oct08DF.JPG|Protesters drawing chalk outlines of human bodies and doves with fake blood on [[Eje Central]]
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