Thousands of students commemorate 1968 massacre in Mexico.
Thousands of students in Mexico City protested peacefully on Monday to commemorate the 55th anniversary of a massacre of student protesters. teleSUR
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00:00 Thousands of students in Mexico City protested peacefully on Monday to commemorate the 55th
00:05 anniversary of the massacre of students' protesters.
00:09 On October 2, 1968, soldiers and government agents opened fire during the pro-democracy
00:14 march, which was held days before the Summer Olympics were staged in the city.
00:20 Official reports at the time said 25 people were killed, but human rights activists believe
00:25 as many as 300 may have died.
00:28 The 1968 movement is credited with sparking Mexico's democratic transition.
00:34 The government at the time was almost a one-party institution dominated by the Institutional
00:38 Revolutionary Party, or BRI, which held the presidency from 1929 to 2000.
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